🧩 Philosophy May 11, 2026 · Justin Weinberg

Slight Decrease In US Philosophy Majors Continues

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Slight Decrease In US Philosophy Majors Continues
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The number of students earning an undergraduate degree in philosophy in the United States declined for the third year in a row.
According to new data from Humanities Indicators, a project of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, US universities and colleges issued 5,763 bachelor’s degrees in philosophy in 2024, compared with 5,998 in 2023, 6380 in 2022, and 6,757 in 2021.
[graph from Humanities Indicators. Original interactive version here.]Though the changes have been small from ye

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