After Graduation
After Graduation
Students in C of C’s philosophy program have been very successful and have followed a number a different career paths. Here is a brief summary of where people have gone in the past 10 years.
As a group, philosophy students are consistently among the top performers in both the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) used in many graduate school applications. A number of recent C of C philosophy majors have gone on to graduate school.
Recent Graduate School Placements in Philosophy:
- Cambridge University
- CUNY Graduate Center
- Georgetown University
- Loyola University
- Marquette University
- Penn State University
- University of South Carolina
- University of Houston
- University of Wyoming
- Vanderbilt University
Recent Graduate School Placements in double-major fields:
- New York University (Music Technology)
- University of Michigan (Comparative Literature)
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Religious Studies)
- University of Pittsburgh (Physics)
- University of Virginia (Information technology)
- Yale (Environmental Management)
Philosophy graduates are also top performers the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), and philosophy departments have a strong record of sending their graduates to law school.
Recent Law School Placements
- Charleston School of Law
- Emory University
- The Environmental Law Center and Vermont School of Law
- George Mason University
- Mercer University
- New York School of Law
- Rutgers University, Camden
- University of Alabama
- University of California, Davis
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of San Diego School of Law
- University of South Carolina
- Yale University
After finishing their formal education, C of C’s philosophy graduates from the last ten years have gone into the Peace Corps and Americorps; they have become teachers at every level of education from elementary school to university, managers, political advocates, managers of non-profit organizations, filmmakers, business owners, attorneys, university administrators, doctors, realtors, and clergy.