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CIP 38.0101 Philosophy and Religious Studies

Philosophy

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

8,565

2025 · 724 schools

International share

7.9%

673 international students

Bachelor's degrees

7,050

6.2% international

Master's degrees

688

20.1% international

Overview

Philosophy is a profound and expansive field that delves into fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. At its core, philosophy encourages critical thinking and the examination of one’s beliefs and assumptions. It is divided into various branches, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and aesthetics, each addressing different aspects of human thought and experience.

Students of philosophy engage with the works of great thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, and contemporary philosophers, exploring their ideas and arguments. This engagement fosters analytical skills, encouraging students to construct and deconstruct arguments, recognize logical fallacies, and develop coherent positions on complex issues.

A degree in philosophy cultivates essential skills that are highly valued in a wide range of careers. Graduates often excel in fields such as law, education, public policy, and business, where critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and effective communication are paramount. Philosophy also provides a strong foundation for those interested in interdisciplinary studies, enabling connections between various domains such as science, religion, and politics.

In contemporary society, philosophy plays a crucial role in addressing moral dilemmas, social justice, and the implications of technological advancements. It invites individuals to reflect on their values and the nature of the good life, making it a relevant and enriching field of study for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of the human condition. Overall, philosophy is not just an academic discipline; it is a way of thinking that shapes how we navigate the world around us.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates grew 12% and the international share went from 3.2% to 7.9%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
53.3%
Asian
7.7%
Hispanic
16.8%
Black
4.8%
Other
9.5%
Intl.
7.9%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 724 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts 9 3
#2 Princeton University New Jersey 32 6
#3 Harvard University Massachusetts 39 8
#4 Yale University Connecticut 30 5
#5 Stanford University California 25 3
#7 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 31 7
#8 Duke University North Carolina 10 1
#9 University of Chicago Illinois 48 10
#9 Northwestern University Illinois 29 4
#9 Johns Hopkins University Maryland 8 2
#12 Dartmouth College New Hampshire 10 0
#12 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 50 12
#14 Cornell University New York 27 7
#14 Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania 4 1
#16 Washington University in St Louis Missouri 15 3
#16 Brown University Rhode Island 23 6
#16 Vanderbilt University Tennessee 12 1
#16 Rice University Texas 7 3
#20 University of California-Berkeley California 79 7
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 121 7
#20 University of Notre Dame Indiana 15 3
#23 Georgetown University D.C. 22 2
#23 Emory University Georgia 54 10
#25 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 42 7
#26 University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 23 0
#27 University of Southern California California 23 5
#27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina 37 2
#29 University of California-San Diego California 24 4
#31 Boston College Massachusetts 56 16
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 26 5
#31 New York University New York 46 22
#34 University of California-Davis California 61 7
#34 University of California-Irvine California 53 5
#34 University of Florida Florida 44 2
#34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 23 3
#34 Boston University Massachusetts 52 9
#34 Wake Forest University North Carolina 15 4
#34 The University of Texas at Austin Texas 56 3
#34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 56 8
#42 Northeastern University Massachusetts 17 2
#42 Villanova University Pennsylvania 20 3
#44 University of California-Santa Barbara California 82 8
#44 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey 37 5
#44 Case Western Reserve University Ohio 4 1
#44 Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 28 3
#44 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 6 1
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 24 0
#49 University of Rochester New York 15 5
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 49 3
#52 University of Georgia Georgia 16 1
#52 College of William and Mary Virginia 16 2
#52 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia 53 2
#55 Santa Clara University California 12 1
#55 University of Miami Florida 14 3
#55 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 41 6
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 42 4
#59 George Washington University D.C. 19 2
#59 Florida State University Florida 28 1
#59 Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana 32 1
#59 Brandeis University Massachusetts 13 3
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 16 2
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 29 2
#59 Stony Brook University New York 21 0
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 48 13
#59 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 30 1
#69 Michigan State University Michigan 13 2
#69 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York 3 0
#69 University of California-Merced California 7 0
#72 Syracuse University New York 20 5
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 26 7
#73 Howard University D.C. 3 0
#73 Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana 20 2
#73 Rutgers University-Newark New Jersey 6 0
#73 Binghamton University New York 9 0
#73 North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina 16 0
#80 University of California-Riverside California 49 2
#80 Pepperdine University California 15 2
#80 Drexel University Pennsylvania 3 0
#80 Clemson University South Carolina 10 0
#85 University of Delaware Delaware 12 0
#85 Fordham University New York 40 3
#85 University at Buffalo New York 17 1
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 13 0
#90 Yeshiva University New York 2 0
#90 Baylor University Texas 24 0
#90 Texas Christian University Texas 8 0
#90 Gonzaga University Washington 16 0
#90 Marquette University Wisconsin 11 1
#95 American University D.C. 19 0
#95 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois 12 2
#95 University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri 18 4
#95 Rutgers University--Camden New Jersey 3 0
#95 Rochester Institute of Technology New York 3 0
#100 Auburn University Alabama 5 0
#100 Chapman University California 8 0
#100 University of San Diego California 18 0
#100 Florida International University Florida 18 3
#100 University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 27 2
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 23 0
#100 Saint Louis University Missouri 10 0
#100 Creighton University Nebraska 6 0
#100 Elon University North Carolina 3 0
#109 University of California-Santa Cruz California 46 1
#109 Loyola Marymount University California 19 1
#109 University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 56 2
#109 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus New Hampshire 12 0
#109 Temple University Pennsylvania 14 0
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 21 2
#116 University of San Francisco California 9 1
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 2 0
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 11 1
#116 University of Oregon Oregon 42 4
#116 Brigham Young University-Provo Utah 18 0
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 56 1
#121 University of Arizona Arizona 31 3
#121 University of the Pacific California 3 0
#121 University of Denver Colorado 5 0
#121 University of Central Florida Florida 27 1
#121 Loyola University Chicago Illinois 24 2
#121 SUNY at Albany New York 11 0
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 9 0
#121 University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 10 0
#121 The University of Texas at Dallas Texas 10 0
#121 George Mason University Virginia 16 0
#133 Clark University Massachusetts 7 0
#133 Miami University-Oxford Ohio 9 1
#133 University of Vermont Vermont 16 1
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 12 0
#137 California State University--Long Beach California 30 1
#137 San Diego State University California 35 0
#137 San Jose State University California 18 0
#137 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland 8 0
#137 St John's University (NY) New York 11 0
#137 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2 0
#137 University of Scranton Pennsylvania 2 0
#137 University of Houston Texas 27 1
#148 California State University-Los Angeles California 28 2
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 46 3
#148 Mercer University Georgia 1 0
#148 University of Kansas Kansas 25 2
#148 University of Kentucky Kentucky 12 0
#148 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Massachusetts 9 0
#148 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island 6 0
#156 The University of Alabama Alabama 13 0
#156 California State University-Fullerton California 19 0
#156 Kansas State University Kansas 3 0
#156 University of St Thomas (MN) Minnesota 16 1
#156 Montclair State University New Jersey 10 0
#156 Seton Hall University New Jersey 2 0
#156 CUNY--City College New York 9 2
#156 Oregon State University Oregon 17 0
#156 University of Portland Oregon 3 0
#156 Duquesne University Pennsylvania 15 1
#156 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia 16 1
#169 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Colorado 20 0
#169 Bradley University Illinois 3 0
#169 DePaul University Illinois 26 5
#169 Butler University Indiana 1 0
#169 Simmons University Massachusetts 1 0
#169 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 13 1
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 10 0
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 10 0
#179 University of Mississippi Mississippi 4 1
#179 CUNY Hunter College New York 20 1
#179 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio 10 1
#179 University of Utah Utah 30 4
#179 Seattle University Washington 3 0
#186 California Lutheran University California 5 1
#186 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii 15 4
#186 University of Detroit Mercy Michigan 2 0
#186 Wayne State University Michigan 16 0
#186 Texas Tech University Texas 14 2
#191 Samford University Alabama 5 0
#191 University of Arkansas Arkansas 23 1
#191 Florida Atlantic University Florida 7 0
#191 Georgia State University Georgia 47 8
#191 Drake University Iowa 6 0
#191 Missouri University of Science and Technology Missouri 5 0
#191 Rowan University New Jersey 10 0
#191 Adelphi University New York 1 0
#191 Hofstra University New York 10 0
#191 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Oklahoma 15 1
#191 Washington State University Washington 7 0
#202 Sacred Heart University Connecticut 3 1
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 23 1
#202 University of Massachusetts-Boston Massachusetts 11 2
#202 East Carolina University North Carolina 4 0
#202 Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 13 1
#202 University of St. Thomas (TX) Texas 13 0
#208 California State University--Fresno California 18 0
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 20 0
#208 University of La Verne California 1 0
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 9 0
#208 Mississippi State University Mississippi 7 1
#208 University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina 27 1
#208 Ohio Northern University Ohio 1 0
#208 Xavier University Ohio 2 0
#208 Willamette University Oregon 5 0
#208 Belmont University Tennessee 5 0
#208 University of North Texas Texas 23 1
#219 Illinois State University Illinois 8 1
#219 Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indiana 5 0
#219 University of Nevada-Reno Nevada 15 0
#219 Gannon University Pennsylvania 1 0
#227 San Francisco State University California 31 2
#227 Ball State University Indiana 2 0
#227 University of Michigan-Dearborn Michigan 6 0
#227 The New School New York 39 13
#227 University of North Dakota North Dakota 2 0
#227 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 9 0
#227 University of Texas-San Antonio Texas 16 0
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 9 0
#236 University of Colorado Denver Colorado 16 0
#236 University of North Florida Florida 7 0
#236 Stetson University Florida 10 0
#236 Bethel University Minnesota 2 0
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 13 0
#236 University of New Mexico-Main Campus New Mexico 19 0
#236 Kent State University at Kent Ohio 9 2
#236 Pacific University Oregon 2 0
#236 Portland State University Oregon 7 0
#236 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 3 0
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 4 0
#250 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Massachusetts 2 0
#250 University of Missouri--Kansas City Missouri 5 0
#250 New Mexico State University-Main Campus New Mexico 6 0
#250 La Salle University Pennsylvania 1 0
#250 Lipscomb University Tennessee 6 1
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 21 0
#250 University of Wyoming Wyoming 6 0
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 2 0
#262 University of Maine Maine 6 0
#262 Suffolk University Massachusetts 6 1
#262 DeSales University Pennsylvania 1 0
#262 University of South Dakota South Dakota 2 1
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 10 0
#262 Seattle Pacific University Washington 4 0
#276 Northern Arizona University Arizona 8 0
#276 California Baptist University California 10 0
#276 Regis University Colorado 2 0
#276 Marian University (IN) Indiana 6 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 12 1
#276 University of Missouri--St. Louis Missouri 13 1
#276 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Ohio 11 1
#288 Biola University California 22 0
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 4 1
#288 Wichita State University Kansas 3 1
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 11 1
#288 Texas State University Texas 13 0
#288 Utah State University Utah 16 0
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 13 1
#299 Azusa Pacific University California 2 0
#299 Southern Connecticut State University Connecticut 1 0
#299 Boise State University Idaho 9 0
#299 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Minnesota 9 1
#299 University of Nebraska--Omaha Nebraska 1 0
#299 University of Toledo Ohio 13 0
#308 Northern Illinois University Illinois 21 3
#308 Oakland University Michigan 9 0
#308 Montana State University Montana 7 0
#308 University of the Incarnate Word Texas 1 0
#317 Xavier University of Louisiana Louisiana 1 0
#317 Morgan State University Maryland 2 0
#317 University of Mary North Dakota 9 0
#317 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Pennsylvania 5 0
#317 Emory & Henry University Virginia 1 0
#328 Georgia Southern University Georgia 20 0
#328 East Tennessee State University Tennessee 6 0
#328 Old Dominion University Virginia 13 1
#332 University of South Alabama Alabama 4 0
#332 Jacksonville University Florida 1 0
#332 Clark Atlanta University Georgia 1 0
#332 University of Lynchburg Virginia 1 0
#342 University of Northern Colorado Colorado 13 0
#342 Missouri State University Missouri 3 0
#342 University of Akron Ohio 5 0
#342 Cleveland State University Ohio 4 0
#342 Kennesaw State University Georgia 13 0
#353 Arkansas State University Arkansas 2 0
#353 University of West Georgia Georgia 5 0
#353 Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville Illinois 5 0
#353 University of Michigan--Flint Michigan 2 0
#353 Youngstown State University Ohio 3 0
#353 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 5 0
#353 Pennsylvania Western University Pennsylvania 1 0
#365 University of Central Arkansas Arkansas 6 0
#365 Indiana State University Indiana 1 0
#365 The University of Montana Montana 4 0
#365 Eastern Washington University Washington 4 0
#376 University of Arkansas--Little Rock Arkansas 3 0
#382 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska 1 0
#382 University of Colorado--Colorado Springs Colorado 24 0
#382 Palm Beach Atlantic University Florida 3 0
#382 Idaho State University Idaho 6 0
#382 Roosevelt University Illinois 2 0
#382 University of New Orleans Louisiana 16 0
#382 University of Southern Maine Maine 1 0
#382 Wright State University-Main Campus Ohio 2 0
#382 Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Texas 3 0
#382 Houston Christian University Texas 1 0
#382 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Puerto Rico 3 1
LAC #1 Williams College Massachusetts 10 2
LAC #2 Amherst College Massachusetts 3 1
LAC #3 Claremont McKenna College California 8 2
LAC #3 Pomona College California 8 1
LAC #3 Bowdoin College Maine 5 0
LAC #3 Swarthmore College Pennsylvania 10 3
LAC #9 The United States Military Academy at West Point New York 14 0
LAC #10 Wellesley College Massachusetts 7 0
LAC #11 United States Air Force Academy Colorado 8 0
LAC #12 Vassar College New York 15 2
LAC #12 Washington and Lee University Virginia 2 0
LAC #14 Wesleyan University Connecticut 14 0
LAC #14 Hamilton College New York 11 1
LAC #16 Grinnell College Iowa 8 4
LAC #16 Carleton College Minnesota 15 2
LAC #16 Davidson College North Carolina 6 0
LAC #19 Barnard College New York 10 1
LAC #19 Middlebury College Vermont 3 0
LAC #21 University of Richmond Virginia 2 1
LAC #22 Colby College Maine 8 3
LAC #22 College of the Holy Cross Massachusetts 8 0
LAC #22 Smith College Massachusetts 5 1
LAC #22 Colgate University New York 21 2
LAC #26 Bates College Maine 10 1
LAC #26 Haverford College Pennsylvania 6 1
LAC #28 Macalester College Minnesota 7 0
LAC #29 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 11 1
LAC #30 Lafayette College Pennsylvania 7 0
LAC #31 Trinity College Connecticut 6 0
LAC #31 Denison University Ohio 4 2
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania 9 1
LAC #34 Colorado College Colorado 8 1
LAC #34 Spelman College Georgia 5 0
LAC #34 Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts 7 2
LAC #34 Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 4 2
LAC #38 Occidental College California 6 0
LAC #38 Scripps College California 5 1
LAC #38 Trinity University Texas 6 0
LAC #41 Skidmore College New York 8 1
LAC #41 Kenyon College Ohio 10 2
LAC #44 Pitzer College California 8 0
LAC #44 Wabash College Indiana 5 0
LAC #44 Union College New York 3 0
LAC #47 Connecticut College Connecticut 2 0
LAC #47 Hillsdale College Michigan 15 0
LAC #49 DePauw University Indiana 13 2
LAC #49 St. Olaf College Minnesota 10 1
LAC #49 St. Lawrence University New York 11 0
LAC #49 Rhodes College Tennessee 6 0
LAC #49 The University of the South Tennessee 5 0
LAC #54 Centre College Kentucky 3 0
LAC #54 Dickinson College Pennsylvania 8 1
LAC #54 Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 6 0
LAC #57 Wheaton College (IL) Illinois 13 0
LAC #57 Furman University South Carolina 8 0
LAC #59 Oberlin College Ohio 13 2
LAC #60 Hobart and William Smith Colleges New York 11 0
LAC #60 Reed College Oregon 9 4
LAC #62 Lake Forest College Illinois 3 1
LAC #62 Berea College Kentucky 1 0
LAC #62 Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota 11 0
LAC #62 Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania 4 0
LAC #68 Wofford College South Carolina 3 0
LAC #68 Lawrence University Wisconsin 7 1
LAC #72 Saint Anselm College New Hampshire 4 0
LAC #74 Rollins College Florida 8 0
LAC #74 Principia College Illinois 4 0
LAC #74 Kalamazoo College Michigan 1 0
LAC #74 St. John's University (MN) Minnesota 2 0
LAC #78 Saint Mary's College Indiana 4 0
LAC #78 Hope College Michigan 2 0
LAC #78 Whitman College Washington 6 1
LAC #81 Wheaton College (MA) Massachusetts 3 0
LAC #83 Morehouse College Georgia 8 0
LAC #83 Earlham College Indiana 1 0
LAC #85 Knox College Illinois 6 0
LAC #85 Stonehill College Massachusetts 1 0
LAC #85 Drew University New Jersey 5 3
LAC #85 Allegheny College Pennsylvania 2 1
LAC #85 Susquehanna University Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #91 Augustana College Illinois 4 1
LAC #91 College of Wooster Ohio 7 2
LAC #91 Juniata College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #91 Ursinus College Pennsylvania 2 0
LAC #91 Washington and Jefferson College Pennsylvania 3 0
LAC #91 Southwestern University Texas 1 0
LAC #97 Lewis & Clark College Oregon 10 0
LAC #97 Austin College Texas 1 0
LAC #100 SUNY College at Geneseo New York 2 0
LAC #100 University of Puget Sound Washington 4 0
LAC #100 Beloit College Wisconsin 5 0
LAC #106 Transylvania University Kentucky 1 0
LAC #106 St. Mary's College of Maryland Maryland 5 0
LAC #106 Pacific Lutheran University Washington 5 0
LAC #109 Westmont College California 4 0
LAC #109 Hanover College Indiana 3 0
LAC #111 Saint Vincent College Pennsylvania 3 0
LAC #111 Hampden-Sydney College Virginia 4 0
LAC #111 Whitworth University Washington 2 1
LAC #116 Saint Michael's College Vermont 3 0
LAC #116 Roanoke College Virginia 1 0
LAC #119 Albion College Michigan 2 0
LAC #119 Christopher Newport University Virginia 10 0
LAC #125 Goucher College Maryland 1 0
LAC #125 Emmanuel College Massachusetts 2 0
LAC #128 Cornell College Iowa 4 1
LAC #128 University of Minnesota-Morris Minnesota 1 0
LAC #128 SUNY at Purchase College New York 3 0
LAC #132 Eckerd College Florida 2 0
LAC #132 Centenary College of Louisiana Louisiana 3 0
LAC #132 Saint Norbert College Wisconsin 9 0
LAC #138 Millsaps College Mississippi 1 0
LAC #140 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Massachusetts 1 0
LAC #142 Eastern Connecticut State University Connecticut 1 0
LAC #142 Covenant College Georgia 4 0
LAC #142 The College of Idaho Idaho 1 0
LAC #146 Gordon College Massachusetts 6 0
LAC #150 Sweet Briar College Virginia 1 0
LAC #150 New College of Florida Florida 1 0
LAC #153 University of Hawaii--Hilo Hawaii 5 0
LAC #154 University of North Carolina Asheville North Carolina 2 0
LAC #160 Wittenberg University Ohio 1 0
LAC #160 Albright College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #172 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wisconsin 2 0
LAC #176 Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia 1 0
LAC #181 Warren Wilson College North Carolina 5 0
LAC #184 Fort Lewis College Colorado 3 0
LAC #184 Holy Cross College Indiana 3 0
LAC #184 Indiana University-Southeast Indiana 1 0
LAC #184 Southern Virginia University Virginia 1 0
LAC #184 Antioch College Ohio 1 0
— Arizona State University Digital Immersion Arizona 58 0
— Holy Apostles College and Seminary Connecticut 45 2
— Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio 42 2
— California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo California 29 0
— CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York 27 4
— University of Dallas Texas 24 0
— American Public University System West Virginia 21 0
— California State Polytechnic University-Pomona California 20 0
— Mt San Antonio College California 19 0
— California State University-Northridge California 17 1
— Utah Valley University Utah 17 0
— Ave Maria University Florida 17 0
— CUNY Brooklyn College New York 14 1
— CUNY Lehman College New York 14 2
— Appalachian State University North Carolina 14 0
— Florida Gulf Coast University Florida 14 0
— Glendale Community College California 13 0
— Los Angeles Pierce College California 13 0
— Sonoma State University California 13 0
— Moorpark College California 12 0
— Eastern Michigan University Michigan 12 0
— Sacred Heart Major Seminary Michigan 12 0
— Manhattan University New York 12 0
— Western Carolina University North Carolina 12 0
— University of Central Oklahoma Oklahoma 12 0
— Metropolitan State University of Denver Colorado 11 0
— St. John Vianney College Seminary Florida 11 1
— State University of New York at New Paltz New York 11 0
— Fullerton College California 10 0
— Long Beach City College California 10 0

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

OccupationUS employmentMean hourly wageMean annual wage
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 20,460 — $92,040

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.