Philosophy at Westmont College

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year.

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 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.

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

50% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Westmont since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 88% 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	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370

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
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