WhatGradsMake

What Philosophy grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $56,148 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1College of William & MaryVA$44,669$76,015$91,565+35%
2Sam Houston State UniversityTX$30,143$76,015+35%
3Lewis UniversityIL$34,252$75,329+34%
4Carleton CollegeMN$49,855$74,301$76,958+32%
5University of VirginiaVA$47,802$69,154$116,620+23%
6University of MichiganMI$39,132$68,726$99,592+22%
7University of RichmondVA$41,019$68,521$89,880+22%
8University of WyomingWY$31,905$68,098+21%
9Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityVA$33,772$66,438$90,837+18%
10University of UtahUT$41,115$66,382$105,799+18%
11Binghamton UniversityNY$38,674$65,534$105,430+17%
12CUNY Bernard M. Baruch CollegeNY$44,398$65,498$72,585+17%
13Connecticut CollegeCT$34,840$65,353+16%
14State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$34,012$65,153$91,084+16%
15University of Massachusetts at BostonMA$37,341$64,798$71,441+15%
16University of Texas at AustinTX$41,647$64,678$90,894+15%
17University of Minnesota MorrisMN$41,244$64,402+15%
18Southern Connecticut State UniversityCT$37,984$64,402$54,993+15%
19CUNY Brooklyn CollegeNY$40,024$64,050$82,614+14%
20Arizona State UniversityAZ$39,119$63,979$84,822+14%
21University of Illinois at SpringfieldIL$73,442$63,874+14%
22CUNY Lehman CollegeNY$46,435$63,451+13%
23Utah Valley UniversityUT$36,063$63,346+13%
24State University of New York College at PotsdamNY$22,905$63,270$61,332+13%
25University of North Carolina - Chapel HillNC$38,164$63,044$91,787+12%
26University of Arizona (The)AZ$35,360$63,044$85,804+12%
27University of Alabama at BirminghamAL$30,437$62,520$69,154+11%
28CUNY Queens CollegeNY$43,047$62,393$79,032+11%
29Saint Olaf CollegeMN$39,242$61,926$94,046+10%
30Clemson UniversitySC$30,856$61,545$81,043+10%
31CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNY$36,745$60,696+8%
32Miami UniversityOH$36,368$60,590$74,457+8%
33Concordia College - MoorheadMN$28,969$60,342+7%
34University of Massachusetts - LowellMA$37,841$60,144+7%
35Purdue UniversityIN$29,487$59,848$77,901+7%
36Texas A&M UniversityTX$36,314$59,682$81,200+6%
37State University of New York at AlbanyNY$37,379$59,619$94,389+6%
38University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$36,215$59,452$88,826+6%
39Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$33,408$59,368$83,105+6%
40George Mason UniversityVA$35,233$59,353$91,987+6%
41University of IowaIA$31,485$58,998$74,144+5%
42University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$49,073$58,858$67,394+5%
43City College of New York - CUNYNY$32,883$58,476$64,930+4%
44University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$30,037$58,275$59,848+4%
45University of GeorgiaGA$32,272$58,227$74,791+4%
46Roanoke CollegeVA$34,188$58,065$63,451+3%
47University of Wisconsin - MadisonWI$34,772$58,009$84,681+3%
48Elmhurst UniversityIL$33,485$57,867$70,298+3%
49SUNY College at BrockportNY$30,437$57,867$65,081+3%
50Sacred Heart UniversityCT$77,901$57,619+3%
51North Carolina State UniversityNC$33,691$57,619$81,403+3%
52St. Catherine UniversityMN$41,695$57,471+2%
53Loyola University ChicagoIL$34,840$57,372$79,342+2%
54Indiana University - BloomingtonIN$33,275$57,105$71,338+2%
55University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$33,704$57,063$87,106+2%
56Texas Tech UniversityTX$32,032$57,042$86,086+2%
57Ohio State University (The)OH$32,671$56,642$77,691+1%
58CUNY Hunter CollegeNY$43,047$56,595$83,557+1%
59Furman UniversitySC$33,861$56,524$96,105+1%
60University of Colorado BoulderCO$33,947$56,419$85,4600%
61Bethel UniversityMN$34,002$56,170$65,9860%
62Georgia State UniversityGA$35,881$56,148$73,0750%
63University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$37,897$55,935$75,0350%
64Randolph CollegeVA$31,416$55,464$106,400-1%
65University of AlabamaAL$31,227$55,464$80,415-1%
66Northeastern Illinois UniversityIL$30,926$55,464$62,520-1%
67University of HoustonTX$34,376$55,181$63,451-2%
68West Virginia UniversityWV$28,765$54,580$76,958-3%
69Hamline UniversityMN$29,360$54,563$70,298-3%
70Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$31,905$54,306$72,204-3%
71DePaul UniversityIL$34,840$54,051$75,372-4%
72Hampden Sydney CollegeVA$32,639$54,051-4%
73University of Alabama in HuntsvilleAL$31,905$54,051$66,619-4%
74State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego)NY$30,647$54,051$49,582-4%
75Missouri State UniversityMO$29,704$54,051-4%
76University of CincinnatiOH$28,818$53,421$61,969-5%
77University of Minnesota DuluthMN$35,910$53,343$70,870-5%
78Minnesota State University MoorheadMN$29,849$53,343-5%
79State University of New York at BuffaloNY$33,691$53,219$73,190-5%
80College of Staten Island/CUNYNY$40,944$53,107$77,273-5%
81Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$37,841$53,107$77,631-5%
82Northern Illinois UniversityIL$36,341$52,636$70,870-6%
83University of OklahomaOK$28,969$52,636-6%
84Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$30,261$52,569$72,585-6%
85University of ToledoOH$34,074$52,542$67,343-6%
86Western Illinois UniversityIL$45,751$52,165$61,332-7%
87University of Wisconsin - LaCrosseWI$26,449$52,071$62,818-7%
88Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$31,818$52,003$73,811-7%
89Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$35,495$51,929$70,184-8%
90SUNY College at GeneseoNY$30,534$51,694$77,273-8%
91University of Texas at San AntonioTX$37,285$51,537$71,728-8%
92State University of New York at New PaltzNY$30,051$51,480$54,051-8%
93St. Cloud State UniversityMN$30,227$51,223-9%
94University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$33,582$50,995$79,787-9%
95University of Missouri - Kansas CityMO$31,317$50,919$76,015-9%
96University of Illinois ChicagoIL$33,470$50,381$82,614-10%
97University of Texas at El PasoTX$33,372$50,311$65,081-10%
98University of North TexasTX$31,660$50,311$61,663-10%
99University of Colorado Colorado SpringsCO$32,839$50,245$65,986-11%
100Cleveland State UniversityOH$39,793$50,050$60,590-11%
101Illinois State UniversityIL$35,125$49,979$75,329-11%
102East Carolina UniversityNC$34,840$49,946$64,798-11%
103University of North Carolina - CharlotteNC$31,275$49,855$62,075-11%
104University of South Carolina - ColumbiaSC$29,403$49,855$66,779-11%
105SUNY College at PurchaseNY$28,143$49,855$58,527-11%
106University of New Orleans (The)LA$31,905$49,764$59,848-11%
107Wheaton CollegeIL$32,639$49,731$87,244-11%
108University of Missouri - Saint LouisMO$34,531$49,659$60,837-12%
109Macalester CollegeMN$43,047$49,482$69,154-12%
110University of Houston - DowntownTX$49,855$49,399$56,406-12%
111Christopher Newport UniversityVA$32,883$49,399$66,937-12%
112College of CharlestonSC$32,492$49,399$75,525-12%
113University of West GeorgiaGA$26,963$49,308$65,986-12%
114Ohio UniversityOH$34,449$49,171$68,626-12%
115Bowling Green State UniversityOH$25,504$49,171$65,194-12%
116Texas State UniversityTX$31,905$49,118$69,466-13%
117University of ConnecticutCT$36,019$49,035$104,398-13%
118Gustavus Adolphus CollegeMN$40,342$48,943-13%
119University of Northern IowaIA$36,674$48,943$59,848-13%
120Portland State UniversityOR$34,179$48,581$67,343-13%
121University of LynchburgVA$41,572$48,487-14%
122University of Wisconsin - Eau ClaireWI$29,948$48,487$87,772-14%
123Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIL$31,537$48,258$64,085-14%
124University of North Carolina -GreensboroNC$30,534$48,238$63,723-14%
125Liberty UniversityVA$29,557$48,030$74,545-14%
126Millikin UniversityIL$31,905$47,939-15%
127University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$29,948$47,878$79,787-15%
128Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$30,351$47,705$63,874-15%
129University of Saint ThomasMN$35,709$47,574$72,871-15%
130University of Northern ColoradoCO$33,976$47,492$58,363-15%
131University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeWI$30,681$47,297$61,969-16%
132Kent State UniversityOH$31,002$47,243$56,620-16%
133University of OregonOR$32,415$47,195$65,864-16%
134SUNY Buffalo State UniversityNY$32,492$47,119$43,722-16%
135Georgia Southern UniversityGA$27,429$47,119$60,837-16%
136University of Colorado DenverCO$34,018$46,663$64,402-17%
137Colorado State UniversityCO$30,926$46,073$65,282-18%
138Ball State UniversityIN$27,979$45,946$50,227-18%
139University of Wisconsin - OshkoshWI$31,171$45,933$64,005-18%
140University of North Carolina AshevilleNC$31,252$45,751$50,676-19%
141Montana State University BozemanMT$28,765$45,014$63,610-20%
142Oregon State UniversityOR$31,287$44,978$66,891-20%
143SUNY at FredoniaNY$27,092$44,956$62,818-20%
144Old Dominion UniversityVA$27,338$44,785$59,105-20%
145State University of New York at OneontaNY$26,134$44,767$87,772-20%
146Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$25,070$44,767$70,870-20%
147Appalachian State UniversityNC$27,582$44,549-21%
148University of Montana (The)MT$26,618$44,398$65,282-21%
149University of Akron (The)OH$31,066$44,129$63,134-21%
150Indiana University SoutheastIN$34,449$43,820$72,585-22%
151University of Hawaii at HiloHI$25,793$43,820-22%
152Metropolitan State University of DenverCO$33,275$43,626$64,834-22%
153University of MaineME$31,905$43,588-22%
154State University of New York at PlattsburghNY$31,905$43,497$64,175-23%
155University of Southern MaineME$34,840$43,293$58,956-23%
156Wofford CollegeSC$29,704$43,047-23%
157Fort Lewis CollegeCO$26,618$42,446$48,943-24%
158Wright State UniversityOH$34,840$40,342$58,363-28%
159Western Carolina UniversityNC$29,637$40,342$55,935-28%
160University of Wisconsin - Stevens PointWI$27,685$40,254$55,817-28%
161Eastern Illinois UniversityIL$41,695$40,113$45,413-29%
162Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaMN$31,416$38,692-31%
163Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVA$36,215$37,592-33%
164Providence CollegeRI$47,119
165Metropolitan State UniversityMN$41,244
166Dominican UniversityIL$38,967
167Utah State UniversityUT$37,592
168Western Oregon UniversityOR$36,019
169University of Wisconsin - ParksideWI$36,019
170Benedictine UniversityIL$35,757
171Georgia College & State UniversityGA$31,905
172University of South DakotaSD$27,814