Occidental College

Liberal Arts Colleges have the best: List sorted by the NUMBER of philosophy and religious studies graduates, not the proportion school, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors, philosophy bachelors, proportion of philosophy bachelors COLGATE UNIVERSITY 1430 646 52 0.08 COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS 1350 675 50 0.07 SAINT OLAF COLLEGE 1340 708 45 0.06 GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 1340 597 35 0.06 WHEATON COLLEGE 1420 604 34 0.06 FURMAN UNIVERSITY 1370 643 34 0.05 SWARTHMORE COLLEGE 1530 364 30 0.08 VASSAR COLLEGE 1460 614 30 0.05 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 1490 722 28 0.04 HAMILTON COLLEGE 1420 457 27 0.06 OBERLIN COLLEGE 1440 722 27 0.04 RHODES COLLEGE 1370 334 26 0.08 HAVERFORD COLLEGE 1460 323 25 0.08 BATES COLLEGE 1420 450 25 0.06 COLORADO COLLEGE 1380 523 25 0.05 REED COLLEGE 1460 310 24 0.08 MACALESTER COLLEGE 1450 428 23 0.05 WELLESLEY COLLEGE 1460 603 23 0.04 HOPE COLLEGE 1260 638 22 0.03 WABASH COLLEGE 1310 181 20 0.11 SEWANEE: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 1320 313 20 0.06 DICKINSON COLLEGE 1370 512 20 0.04 SMITH COLLEGE 1370 688 20 0.03 DAVIDSON COLLEGE 1440 426 19 0.04 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE 1260 703 19 0.03 UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND 1390 757 19 0.03 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 1240 268 18 0.07 GRINNELL COLLEGE 1490 367 18 0.05 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 1450 398 18 0.05 TRINITY COLLEGE 1400 492 18 0.04 KENYON COLLEGE 1420 399 17 0.04 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 1500 632 17 0.03 CENTRE COLLEGE 1340 258 16 0.06 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 1340 314 16 0.05 COLLEGE OF WOOSTER 1330 391 16 0.04 OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE 1360 459 16 0.03 HENDRIX COLLEGE 1340 230 15 0.07 BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1460 414 15 0.04 BARNARD COLLEGE 1430 600 15 0.03 COLBY COLLEGE 1430 486 15 0.03 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 1400 452 15 0.03

At the undergrad level, check out the schools with traditional/robust or "Great Books" programs, such as: Reed College Pepperdine Occidental College Thomas Aquinas College Whitman College St John's College (New Mexico) St. Mary's College of California Imago Dei College Be aware that Philosophy is no-longer a practical degree for career purposes, except as a stepping stone to professional school, such as Law.

Possibilities include the following schools, all of which are private. Except for a very few majors, it is not worthwhile to pay out of state undergraduate tuition fees at any campus of the University of California or of the California State University. All of the schools listed below are liberal arts or engineering colleges, except for University of Southern California. They all offer excellent undergraduate education, although not all of them offer all majors. California has no private US News list top-fifty general universities except for Stanford and USC. (I consider Cal Tech in Pasadena to be a science and engineering university, the existence of a few other majors notwithstanding. Admission possibility to it is at about the same level as Stanford.) Consider Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College (engineering), and Pitzer College, all of which are part of the Claremont Colleges group. Also consider Occidental College and USC.

Here's a list showing the top 10 colleges/universities in California based on salary potential: Stanford University $70,400 California Institute of Technology (CIT) $75,500 Harvey Mudd College $71,800 University of California, Berkeley $59,900 Occidental College $51,900 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo $57,200 University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) $52,600 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) $51,100 Pomona College $48,600 University of Southern California (USC) $54,800 The salaries shown are median starting salaries. To see a complete list of California colleges along with median mid-career salaries, go here: http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/best-schools-in-california.asp Hope that helps, Assistant to Dr. Salary

I want to major in English as well. The schools I'm looking at are Santa Clara University, University of San Francisco, Sonoma State University, University of California Santa Cruz, and Occidental College. SSU and USF are my safety schools and Occidental is definitely a reach for me. I wasn't the best student in high school so if you're looking into top-tier English programs check out UC Berkeley, it has one of the best programs in the nation. I'd also recommend UCSC and Occidental, these schools are well respected in English and the general Humanities plus they offer the artsy vibe I think you're looking for. Good luck.