Philosophy at Williams College

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 students attend the school each year. Of the 678 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in 2021, 13 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.

Williams Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Williams Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Williams 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 Williams 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 Schools	60
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	223

Philosophy Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from Williams. Of these graduates, 62% were men and 38% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its philosophy bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Williams 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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.