Philosophy at Westmont College

What traits are you looking for in a philosophy school? To help you decide if Westmont College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's philosophy program.

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 1,226. Of the 341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westmont College in 2021, 10 of them were philosophy majors.

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

Westmont Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Westmont Philosophy Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Westmont 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 Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	30
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	253
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	278

Philosophy Student Demographics at Westmont

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Westmont College.

Westmont Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at Westmont awarded 10 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 70% of these degrees went to men with the other 30% going to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Westmont 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 Westmont College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Westmont also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Religious Studies

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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.