Philosophy Resources
At Loyola University New Orleans, we believe in educating the whole person through rigorous academic studies and plentiful cultural experiences. We encourage our students to immerse themselves in campus life at Loyola by taking advantage of the many services we have to offer.
Below is information about careers, clubs & organizations, community engagement, and more.
Philosophy majors and minors thrive in a wide variety of professional fields including business, civil service, computer and information science, education, law, and medicine.
Shopworn jokes about unemployed and unemployable philosophy majors might be funny, and even some presidential candidates have tried to get in on the fun. But the joke is on them. Philosophy majors earn more on average than majors in any other area of the humanities (like English, history, and religious studies) after 5-10 years of work experience and have a median annual income level of almost $100,000 after 20 years of experience. Philosophy majors also have higher average earnings than people who majored in biology, communication, criminology, psychology, and sociology, as well as comparable average earning to those who majored in chemistry, management, marketing, political science, and public relations. Of course, philosophy offers much more than the prospects of future professional success! But potential philosophy majors should know that they don't have to sacrifice educational quality for future earning power.
Want to know more? You're in luck! Here are some sources for further reflection:
- Be Employable, Study Philosophy
- Students Opt for the Life Examined
- I Think, Therefore I Earn
- How to Get a Job with a Philosophy Degree
- Harvard Med School Professor and the Value of Philosophy
- The Management Myth
- Major in What You Love
- WSJ Salaries by Major
- What Philosophers Make
- Philosophy Majors Changing the World of Business
- Carrying a Welding Torch for Philosophy
- What is the Value of a Humanities Education?
- Philosophy Majors and Scores on the GRE, LSAT, and MCAT
Ethics Bowl Team
Philosopher Kids
Phi Sigma Tau (philosophy honors society)
Phi Sigma Tau is the International Honor Society in Philosophy. Founded in 1930 and incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in 1955, the Society now has a network of over 200 chapters throughout the United States and Canada, at both public and private institutions of higher learning. The purpose of Phi Sigma Tau is to encourage interest and activity among students and to promote ties between philosophy departments in accredited institutions. Phi Sigma Tau publishes a journal, Dialogue, for student contributions in all areas of contemporary philosophical research. Other PST publications include the PST Newsletter (published three times yearly) and the National Alumni Chapter Bulletin. The PST Newsletter is sent to all students and alumni/ae members and contains news of local chapter activities. The National Alumni Chapter (NAC) provides a medium of exchange and communication for onetime PST members who desire to retain their affiliation with the Society following graduation.
The nearly seventy honor societies which make up the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) are as divergent as knowledge itself. From forestry to physics, from highly specialized to general areas, these member organizations exist for one basic purpose — to further scholarship and achievement in the academic areas of their members, thereby providing a forum where interested and competent students may communicate and exchange ideas with faculty and students of similar interest on their own campus and throughout the world.
Dr. Everett Fulmer is the faculty advisor to Loyola's branch of PST.
Philosophy is not limited to the seminar room, and it has a long history of engagement with public issues and life as most of us live it. Loyola's Philosophy Department is no exception to this tradition.
Our Philosopher Kids project was founded by Dr. Jon Altschul and is inspired by Dr. Thomas E. Wartenberg’s book, Big Idea as for Little Kids: Teaching Philosophy through Children's Literature. Once a week, Loyola students in the Philosopher Kids project visit the Good Shepherd Nativity School, which serves at-risk children, to work with their class of third-graders.
Some of our classes also have a service learning component, which allows students both to reflect on their classroom learning in real-world environments and to put philosophy to work in the cause of social justice.