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year

applied/ placed

placement

 

2025

7/5

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Maryland; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Southern California; University of Virginia

Students also accepted at: Cornell University; Brown University; New York University; Northwestern; University of Notre Dame; Princeton University; Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, San Deigo; University of Connecticut  

 
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, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 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