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T H E P H I L O S O P H Y D E G R E E

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• Philosophy has a MAJOR, MINOR, and 2nd MAJOR program

But why choose philosophy? Here are four reasons you should do it.

• REASON 1
• Philosophy gives you a better life.
• In philosophy…
• You grapple with life’s hardest

questions.

• The nature of reality and our

place within it.

• Deal with complex social,

ethical, and political issues.

• Philosophy lets you see more

deeply into life and plot a better course through it.

Reason 2: Philosophers’ average mid-career salaries show long-term success!

I N W H AT K I N D O F J O B S W I T H A B . A . ? A D V E N T U R O U S O N E S

• Foreign Service: working

for embassies abroad.

• Peace Corps &

Americorps: 2 years abroad doing service

• Teach for America: teach

school at an underserved community in the U.S.

• Non-Profit Administration:

environment, women, education, poverty

• Some entry level work and entry-level salaries you can get with

just a philosophy major/B.A.:

• Editorial Assistant: Median pay, $36,000
• Public policy: Median pay, $57,000
• And many other positions… Government work, Sales, Lobbyist,

Political Aid, Speech Writer, Biomedical Ethics Research, Legal Researcher, Paralegal, Technical Writer, Archivist, etc.

• Business is actually the most underemployed major. Philosophy

is the 10th most employable.

A N D I N T E R E S T I N G O N E S

R E A S O N # 3 G R A D S C H O O L

• Philosophy is the premier way to prepare

for graduate and professional school.

• We have had graduates go into all these fields:
• Law School (J.D.), Lawyer
• Medical School (M.D.), Doctor
• Therapy (physical, speech, occupational, etc.), Therapist
• Marketing (M.A. & PhD), Marketer, Professor
• Business (M.B.A.), Businessperson
• Humanities (M.A & PhD English, History, etc.), Professor

and High School

• Non-profit and government work (M.A. & Certificate),

Founders and Administrators

• Psychology, Researchers, Therapists, Life Coaching,

Human Performance

• Library Sciences (M.A.), Librarian

P H I L O S O P H E R S C R U S H G R A D U AT E T E S T S C O R E S A N D A D M I S S I O N S

• Business: On the GMAT, philosophers score 2nd highest: 574. Business: 547.8.
• Recently we had a student accepted to University of California Irvine for her

Ph.D. in Marketing on a full ride.

• Law: On the LSAT, philosophers score 2nd highest of all majors: Philosophy:

157.4 versus Pre-law: 147.4.

• We have students at UT Austin, Cornell (Ivy League), and other schools of law
• n significant scholarships (over $30,000).
• Medicine: On the MCAT, philosophers outscore biology majors.
• Philosophers have the highest acceptance rate to Med School-over 50%.

Biology is at 35% acceptance.

G R A D U AT E T E S T S C O R E S A N D A D M I S S I O N S

• All other graduate programs require the GRE!
• The American Physical Society (physics professional

society) headline read: ”Best majors for the GRE in 2013: Philosophy Dominates.”

• We have placed students in nationally ranked (some

top 10!) graduate programs: Emory, Oregon, A&M, University of Memphis, Cornell, Temple, St. John’s, UT Austin, etc.

R E A S O N # 4 F L E X I B I L I T Y

• 47% of college graduates do

not work in their field of study.

• People change careers several

times in their lives—not just jobs.

• It is key to have strong skills

like critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and independent learning so that you can adapt to new fields.

• Philosophy provides core skills

for leaders in any field.

P H I L O S O P H Y A N D H A P P I N E S S

• Philosophers consider the big issues: flourishing, politics, society, religion,

ethics, truth, and more.

• It gives them a grounding and understanding of what is important that is

beyond monetary value.

• It makes them purposeful and happy people, whose long term

employability also just happens to be 98.9%, mid career salary of $81,000.

TA L K T O A P H I L O S O P H Y P R O F E S S O R A B O U T A M A J O R , 2 N D M A J O R , O R M I N O R T O D AY.

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