But even there philosophy majors scored higher than average-indeed their quantitative scores were higher than those of all the social sciences except economics. There is also some interesting material on the employment of U.S. Ph.D.'s in philosophy. First, the percentage of Ph.D.'s employed full-time is slightly higher than in other humanities fields. In fact, it is the same as the average of all science and engineering fields. Fourth, philosophy the only field in which the employment rate is the same for men and women.
Philosophers work in industry, government, and education.
They become lawyers, doctors, administrators, teachers, diplomats, consultants, stockbrokers, bankers, and managers. They are accepted and respected in all professional schools and welcomed into management training programmes.