General Philosophy & Religious Studies
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of General Philosophy & Religious Studies degree recipients are New York, NY, St. Augustine, FL, and Ellensburg, WA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of General Philosophy & Religious Studies degree recipients are St. Augustine, FL, Hillsdale, MI, and Laurinburg, NC. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Philosophy & Religious Studies is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Philosophy & Religious Studies and the types of students that study this field. Saint Joseph Seminary College awards the most degrees in General Philosophy & Religious Studies in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Philosophy & Religious Studies, followed by Pontifical College Josephinum.
Tuition costs for General Philosophy & Religious Studies majors are, on average, $8,761 for in-state public colleges, and $29,578 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Philosophy & Religious Studies programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (57 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (151 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Philosophy & Religious Studies, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (151 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Philosophy & Religious Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Saint Joseph Seminary College has the most General Philosophy & Religious Studies degree recipients, with 17 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Philosophy & Religious Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer General Philosophy & Religious Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Saint Joseph Seminary College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Philosophy & Religious Studies, with 89.5%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Philosophy & Religious Studies by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Philosophy & Religious Studies.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors is $90,652 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors is $90,652 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors, by number of employees, are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors working as Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Directors, religious activities & education.
The highest paid occupations by median income for PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors are Surgeons, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, and Aerospace engineers.
The number of PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.37%, from 343,099 in 2020 to 351,239 in 2021.
The largest single share of PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. graduates go on to work as Clergy (9.78%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors, by number of employees, are Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Religious organizations, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Construction, & mining & oil & gas field machinery manufacturing , and Offices of physicians.
The number of PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.37%, from 343,099 in 2020 to 351,239 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. graduates by share is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, followed by Religious organizations. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES..
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. is 44.8.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. (118 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.. The most common ages of employees with this major are 31 and 37 years old, which represent 3.11% and 3.02% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Philosophy & Religious Studies are Bachelors Degree, Research Doctorate, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Philosophy & Religious Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Philosophy & Religious Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Philosophy & Religious Studies.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Uganda that hold PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. degrees (5.61 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (3,431 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Philosophy & Religious Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Philosophy & Religious Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Philosophy & Religious Studies majors need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies, Writing, Instructing, Systems Evaluation, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Persuasion, Systems Analysis, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Programming, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Technology Design, Operations Analysis, Time Management, Negotiation, Management of Material Resources, Mathematics, Operation Monitoring, Science, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Philosophy & Religious Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Learning Strategies is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, Active Listening, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Coordination, Service Orientation, Time Management, Persuasion, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Science, Management of Material Resources, Programming, Technology Design, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
