Philosophy at Wayne State University

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at Wayne State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Wayne State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Philosophy section at the bottom of this page.

Wayne State Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
• Doctorate Degree in Philosophy

Wayne State Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Wayne State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Wayne State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Most Focused Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools	87

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in philosophy from Wayne State. This is the #140 most popular school for philosophy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Wayne State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Wayne State University.

Wayne State Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in philosophy from Wayne State in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Wayne State since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Wayne State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Wayne State also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Mathematical Science Professors	1,730	$85,970
Natural Sciences Managers	1,570	$113,840
Philosophy and Religion Professors	780	$77,990

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.