Prospective Students

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Find Career Success with a Philosophy Degree

Majoring in philosophy is a great career move. Philosophy majors consistently outperform other majors on graduate entrance exams like the GRE, LSAT, and GMAT. Philosophy majors have also been shown to outperform other majors in salary and earning potential over the course of their careers. We are proud of the professional success of our alums. Here’s a list of what some of our recent alums are doing with their philosophy degrees:

Careers

Success on Standardized Tests

• High Scores on ALL the Tests
• Highest Scores on 2013 GREs, Philosophy Majors
• Excellent Verbal and Mathematical Aptitude Among Philosophy Majors
• Philosophy and Classics Majors Do Best When it Comes to Getting into Law School
• The Value of Philosophy, Charts and Graphs

Success in the Business World

There are many reports of how well philosophy majors do in the world of business and how much the business world benefits from philosophical skills. Many of the world's most successful CEOs and entrepreneurs were philosophy majors. This includes the cofounder of PayPal, Peter Thiel; cofounder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman; cofounder of Flickr, Stewart Butterfield; Google in-house director of engineering: Damon Horowitz; former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina; hedge fund manager, George Soros , and many others.

• Philosophy Is the Best Major To Succeed In Business
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• The Earning Power of Philosophy Majors
• Why Liberal Arts Majors are Winning
• The Unexpected Way Philosophy Majors Are Changing the Business World
• Famous Execs Who Majored in Philosophy
• Wall Street Journal On Salaries By Major
• Be Employable, Study Philosophy
• Unlocking the Potential of Your Philosophy Degree (.pdf)
• Philosophy, The Most Practical Major
• "I Think, There fore I Earn"

Influence in the World At Large

• 3 of the 5 Most Influential World Thinkers Today Are Philosophers
• Philosopher Majors, Among the Most Successful Leaders in Law, Politics, and the Arts

• CSUN Prospective Students
• Catalog Overview - Philosophy
• 4-Year Degree Road Maps Philosophy