According to a recent study: 

• On the LSAT, philosophy and religion majors outscored majors in economics, business, international relations, and public administration.
• On the GMAT, philosophy majors scored higher than majors in economics, statistics, accounting, business, management, or marketing.
• 48% of philosophy majors who applied were accepted to medical school, compared with 43% of biochemistry majors, 42% of pre-med majors, 35% of biology majors, 25% of nursing majors, and only 22% of pharmacy majors. 

What happens to Western’s philosophy and religion majors?

In recent years, our alumni have been accepted at top-flight graduate and professional schools, including University of Georgia, Villanova University, Rutgers University Law School, Case Western Reserve Law School, and Duke University Law School. They've worked as a job corps instructor, a newspaper editor, a computer programmer, a building contractor, a counselor, a community service director, an architectural assistant, and an emergency medical technician. 

Who else majors in philosophy?

As the following list shows, philosophy majors are ready for anything:

• Steve Allen (writer & comedian)
• Amartya Sen (winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics)
• William Bennett (former drug czar & NEH leader, Book of Virtues)
• William Jefferson Clinton (President)
• Woody Allen (director & comedian)
• Mary Higgins Clark (mystery writer)
• Gene Siskel (movie reviewer)
• Philip K. Dick (on whose science-fiction classic Blade Runner is based)
• John Elway (quarterback, Denver Broncos)
• Ivan Frolov (editor of PRAVDA)
• Rebecca Goldstein (novelist & MacArthur prize recipient) 
• Harrison Ford (actor)
• Vaclav Havel (former President of Czechoslovakia)
• Mark Hulbert (financial columnist for FORBES magazine)
• Carl Icahn (business person & corporate raider, bought TWA)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights leader)
• Bruce Lee (martial arts & actor)
• Steve Martin (comedian & actor)
• Kate Millett (author of Sexual Politics)
• Iris Murdoch (novelist)
• Freeman Patterson (photographer, author of The Art of Seeing)
• Neil Peart (drummer for rock group Rush)
• Pope John Paul II (vicar of Christ)
• Mick Schmidt (former Philadelphia Philly)
• John Silber (former president of Boston University)
• Susan Sontag (essayist)
• Dave Thomas (SCTV)
• Alex Trebeck (Jeopardy host)
• David Foster Wallace (novelist & MacArthur prize recipient)
• Moses Znaimer, (Owner of CITY-TV and MUCH-MUSIC, Toronto) 

How can I get a job in the department or on campus?

To search for current open positions in the offices and departments at Western Carolina University, create an account at the online application site: Employment at WCU.