? Where does this lead?
Careers and Outcomes
Both majors build the same core skills: close reading, careful argument, comfort with ambiguity. But they open different doors. Philosophy majors lean toward law, tech, business and graduate study. Religious Studies majors spread across law, business, education, healthcare and, yes, ministry, though not only ministry. Choose your major below to see outcomes specific to it.
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Two majors, two outcome pages
Philosophy
Philosophy prepares you to think clearly, argue well, and adapt fast.
- That's why majors get top test scores: philosophy majors post the top LSAT and GRE scores of any major, verbal reasoning included
- Real careers beyond academia: alumni now work in law, tech and business, including OC software engineers earning $150K–$160K
- The skill employers can't find enough of: critical thinking tops employers' list of skills new grads lack
Religious Studies prepares you to understand people, and take that anywhere.
- Not just for ministry: just 8.76% of grads become clergy; the rest spread across law, business, healthcare and more
- A range of alumni paths: a Disney paralegal, a university chief of operations, a touring musician
- $107,865 average earnings: across 12 documented career paths, not one narrow track
Ready to see where you'd start?
Every path starts with the same first step.