What careers are available for a student who majors or minors in philosophy?
We are all familiar with such remarks as, “He’s studying philosophy: he’s not interested in a job!” This is far from true about our majors and minors. While few of them are interested in becoming professional philosophers who teach at universities, the vast majority of them understand how useful the study of philosophy can be for virtually any career. Many of our majors and minors are pre-law students interested in developing powers of argumentation that are so important in the lawyer’s work with juries and judges. Philosophy majors have successfully pursued graduate studies in Medicine, Dentistry, Business, Literature, Mathematics, Computer Science, Anthropology, Political Science, Counseling, Sociology, and in the Seminary. Philosophy majors do very well on standardized graduate and professional admissions exams, scoring well above average on the LSAT, GRE, and GMAT. Philosophy graduates pursue careers in business, journalism, psychology, art, politics, consulting, marketing, or teac
