Demographics — Philosophy, Cornell University

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 90 Philosophy programs
Range of rankings ?11-22

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 22%
Minority faculty 7%

Student Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2005)
Female students 30%
Underrepresented minority students 10%
International students 35%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 61%
Women 39%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 60%
Temporary visa holders 40%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 3%
Native American 0%
Asian 8%
White 36%
Hispanic 4%
Unknown 9%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 100%
Part-time 0%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Philosophy degree recipients from Cornell University and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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