Philosophy

A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the theoretical foundations and methods of other disciplines.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 773 institutions across the United States, with a total of 26031 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

360

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

7,161

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

703

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

370

degrees awarded

Other Awards

17,369

awards given

Top Schools for Philosophy

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	381
2	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	333
3	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	330
4	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	306
5	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	291
6	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	285
7	New York University New York, NY	273
8	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	225
9	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	216
10	Emory University Atlanta, GA	213
11	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	210
12	Boston University Boston, MA	204
13	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	201
14	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	183
15	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	177
16	Holy Apostles College and Seminary Cromwell, CT	174
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	171
18	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	171
19	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	165
20	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	159
21	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	153
22	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	147
23	Fordham University Bronx, NY	144
24	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	141
25	The Catholic University of America Washington, DC	141
26	Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH	141
27	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	138
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	138
29	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	138
30	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	135
31	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	135
32	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	132
33	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	129
34	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	129
35	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	129
36	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	129
37	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	129
38	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	126
39	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	124
40	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	123
41	Tufts University Medford, MA	123
42	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	120
43	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	117
44	University of North Texas Denton, TX	117
45	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	117
46	University of Georgia Athens, GA	114
47	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	114
48	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	114
49	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	114
50	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	114
51	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	111
52	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	111
53	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	111
54	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	108
55	Yale University New Haven, CT	108
56	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	105
57	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	102
58	DePaul University Chicago, IL	102
59	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	102
60	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	99
61	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	99
62	Florida International University Miami, FL	96
63	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	96
64	Baylor University Waco, TX	96
65	The New School New York, NY	93
66	Stanford University Stanford, CA	90
67	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	90
68	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	90
69	Brown University Providence, RI	90
70	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	87
71	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	87
72	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	84
73	Georgetown University Washington, DC	84
74	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	84
75	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	81
76	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	81
77	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	81
78	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	81
79	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	81
80	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	81
81	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	78
82	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	78
83	George Washington University Washington, DC	78
84	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	78
85	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	76
86	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	75
87	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA	75
88	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	75
89	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	75
90	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	75
91	Duke University Durham, NC	75
92	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	75
93	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	72
94	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	72
95	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	72
96	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	72
97	University at Albany Albany, NY	72
98	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	72
99	University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	72
100	University of Houston Houston, TX	72