Highest Job Growth Doctoral Philosophy Programs

These are the highest job growth doctoral philosophy programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 37 programs, with St. Thomas University leading at 4%.

Rank Institution State Growth Completers
1 St. Thomas University FL 4% 11
2 CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY 4% 11
3 University of California-Irvine CA 4% 10
4 University of Arizona AZ 4% 9
5 University of Pennsylvania PA 4% 9
6 University of Chicago IL 4% 8
7 Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary IL 4% 8
8 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 4% 8
9 Princeton University NJ 4% 8
10 Caribbean University-Bayamon PR 4% 8
11 Emory University GA 4% 7
12 DePaul University IL 4% 7
13 The Catholic University of America DC 4% 6
14 University of Notre Dame IN 4% 6
15 University of Maryland-College Park MD 4% 6
16 Boston University MA 4% 6
17 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 4% 6
18 Saint Louis University MO 4% 6
19 Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ 4% 6
20 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA 4% 6
21 Villanova University PA 4% 6
22 Stanford University CA 4% 6
23 University of California-Los Angeles CA 4% 5
24 University of California-Riverside CA 4% 5
25 University of Miami FL 4% 5
26 University of Illinois Chicago IL 4% 5
27 Tulane University of Louisiana LA 4% 5
28 Boston College MA 4% 5
29 Harvard University MA 4% 5
30 Fordham University NY 4% 5
31 The New School NY 4% 5
32 New York University NY 4% 5
33 Stony Brook University NY 4% 5
34 Syracuse University NY 4% 5
35 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 4% 5
36 Ohio State University-Main Campus OH 4% 5
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 4% 5

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes doctoral programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.