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Placement

year

applied/ placed

placement

 
2024 5/4

Harvard University; University of Missouri; University of Virginia; Yale University

Students also accepted at: University of California, San Diego; University of British Columbia; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Illinois, Chicago; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

 
2023 5/4

University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Pennsylvania; University of Southern California; Washington University in Saint Louis

Students also accepted at: The Ohio State University; University of British Columbia

 
2022 4/3

Princeton University; University of Southern California; University of California, San Diego

Students also accepted at: Cornell University; The Ohio State University; University of Arizona; University of California, Irvine (LPS); University of Chicago; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Pittsburgh (HPS)

 
2021 3/3

The Graduate Center, City University of New York; University of California, Davis; University of Texas, Austin

 

2020

2/1

University of Southern California

 

2019

4/4

Arizona State (HPS); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Pennsylvania; University of Southern California  

2018

5/4

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Washington, Seattle

2017

5/4

University of California, Irvine (LPS); University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Virginia

2016

4/3

Cornell University; The Ohio State University; University of California, Santa Barbara

2015

2/2

Indiana University; Carnegie Mellon University

2014

6/5

Purdue University; University of Texas, Austin; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Western Ontario

2013

9/8

Global Center for Advanced Studies, College Dublin; Indiana University (HPS); The Graduate Center, City University of New York; The Ohio State University; University of California, Irvine (LPS); University of Oklahoma (2); University of Otago

2012

2/2

Cambridge University; University of Washington, Seattle

2011

9/8

Purdue University; Rice University; Rutgers University; University of Arizona; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Southern California; University of Toronto; University of Virginia

2010

7/7

St. Louis University; The Ohio State University (2); University of Arizona; University of Buffalo; University of California, San Diego; University of Southern California

2009

4/3

Brown University; University of Oklahoma; University of Virginia Law School

2008

7/6

Indiana University; Indiana University (HPS); University of California, San Diego; University of Southern California; University of Virginia; Washington University, St. Louis  

2007

4/3

Michigan State; Princeton University; University of Connecticut

2006  

3/2

Duke University; University of Wisconsin, Madison

2005

5/4

University of British Columbia; University of Toronto; University of Washington, Seattle; Washington University, St. Louis

2004

3/3

Columbia University; Duke University (Classics); Emory University

2003

4/2

Cornell University; University of California, Irvine

2002

5/4

The Graduate Center, City University of New York; University of Texas, Austin; University of California, San Diego; University of Notre Dame

2001

5/4

DePaul University; Syracuse University; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Virginia

2000

2/2

Ohio University (English); University of Washington, Seattle

1999

1/1

University of Utah

1998

2/2

University of Illinois, Chicago (Anthropology); Washington University, St. Louis

1997

3/3

Emory University; University of Kentucky; University of Virginia (Philosophy and Law, J.D./Ph.D.)

1996

1/1

University of Illinois, Chicago

1995

4/3

Northwestern University; Purdue University; University of Kentucky

 

Students in the MA program who decide not to pursue a PhD in philosophy are well-situated to pursue other careers. Our students have gone on to:

Law school, including Cardozo, Case Western Reserve, Emory, George Mason University, Indiana University, University of Kansas, and University of Virginia

PhD programs in other disciplines, including George Mason University: Economics; University of California, Irvine: Biology; Virginia Tech: Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought; Virginia Tech: Planning Governance and Globalization; Virginia Tech: Science, Technology, and Society

MA programs in other disciplines, including University of Chicago: Master of Public Policy; University of Nevada, Reno: Mathematics; Virginia Tech: Center for Public Administration and Policy

Medicine, including the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Other fields, including academic administration, secondary education, instructorships at universities and community colleges, the public and private sectors, and research ethics