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2024 Featured

2024 Data Collection Results: a focus on recent graduates

Over the spring and summer we updated the database using placement pages and other public sources of data (h/t Ricardo Rodriguez), inviting program representatives to edit their dashboards at the end of the summer. This effort led to 406 new graduates in the covered period (2013–2023), over 2/

2023

The New Data Dashboard

Between February and August of this year the APDA project has been busy collecting and checking data on the employment status of recent graduates from nearly 150 philosophy PhD programs. Three people were especially key to this effort: Alisha Nesslage, now a graduate student at UC Irvine, Ricardo Rodriguez, a

2022

2022 Data Collection Results

Since January we have been collecting data on over 200 PhD programs. The sortable table published to the home page today includes ten years of data for around 140 programs, nearly 50 of which have so far been able to verify our data. Analysis of that data is below, but

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New Findings on Diversity, Program Ratings, and Job Placement

This past summer APDA sent a survey [https://academic-placement-data-and-analysis.ghost.io/new-survey/] to past graduates and current students in philosophy PhD programs. Some of the results have already been discussed in blog posts at Daily Nous [https://dailynous.com/2021/10/05/guide-to-graduate-programs-in-philosophy-based-on-job-placement-and-student-experience-guest-post/] , Philosopher's Cocoon [https://philosopherscocoon.typepad.

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Best PhD Programs in Philosophy

What is the best PhD program in philosophy? In one way of thinking about it, this question doesn’t make much sense. Philosophy is many different things and philosophers can be many different types of people, so the best program will depend on the person in question and the type

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Rice University, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, and University of Notre Dame

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about three final philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Rice University [https://philosophy.rice.edu/], University of Hawai'i at Mānoa [https://hawaii.edu/phil/], and University of Notre Dame [https://philosophy.nd.edu/]. These programs

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of Arkansas and Southern Illinois University

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of Arkansas [https://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/philosophy/] and Southern Illinois University [https://cola.siu.edu/philosophy/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called Pickster. (Next

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Birkbeck, University of London and University of Rochester

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Birkbeck, University of London [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/departments/philosophy/] and University of Rochester [https://www.sas.rochester.edu/phl/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app

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Philosophy PhD Programs: McMaster University and University of Washington

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are McMaster University [https://philos.humanities.mcmaster.ca/] and University of Washington [https://phil.washington.edu/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called Pickster. (Next week's

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of British Columbia, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and University of Virginia

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about four* philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of British Columbia [https://philosophy.ubc.ca/], University of Missouri [https://philosophy.missouri.edu/], University of Nebraska [https://www.unl.edu/philosophy/], and University of Virginia [https://philosophy.

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Florida State University and York University

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Florida State University [https://philosophy.fsu.edu/] and York University [https://phil.laps.yorku.ca/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster [https://www.dropbox.

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Philosophy PhD Programs: The New School and MIT

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are The New School [https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/philosophy/] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology [https://philosophy.mit.edu//]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Rutgers University and University of California, Riverside

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Rutgers University [https://philosophy.rutgers.edu/] and University of California, Riverside [https://philosophy.ucr.edu/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster [https://www.dropbox.

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of Texas at Austin and Indiana University, HPS

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of Texas at Austin [https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/philosophy/] and Indiana University, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine [https://hpsc.indiana.edu/]. These programs were

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of Oklahoma and Tilburg University

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of Oklahoma [http://www.ou.edu/cas/philosophy] and Tilburg University [https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/tilps] . These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of Manchester and University of California, Berkeley

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of Manchester [https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/philosophy/] and University of California, Berkeley [https://philosophy.berkeley.edu/graduate/placement]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Yale University and University of Memphis

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Yale University [https://philosophy.yale.edu/] and University of Memphis [https://www.memphis.edu/philosophy/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster [https://www.dropbox.

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Johns Hopkins University and University of Minnesota Twin Cities

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Johns Hopkins University [https://philosophy.jhu.edu/] and University of Minnesota Twin Cities [https://cla.umn.edu/philosophy]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Western University and University of Oxford

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Western University [https://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/] and University of Oxford [https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster [https:

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of Iowa and Wayne State University

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of Iowa [https://clas.uiowa.edu/philosophy/] and Wayne State University [https://clas.wayne.edu/philosophy]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster [https:

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of California, Davis and University at Buffalo

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of California, Davis [https://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/] and University at Buffalo [http://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy.html]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of Otago and St Andrews and Stirling Graduate Programme in Philosophy

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of Otago [https://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/index.html] and St Andrews and Stirling Graduate Programme in Philosophy. [https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sasp/]. These programs were

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Washington University in St. Louis and Stony Brook University

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Washington University in St. Louis [https://philosophy.wustl.edu/] and Stony Brook University [https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/philosophy/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "

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Philosophy PhD Programs: University of Miami and DePaul University

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are University of Miami [https://philosophy.as.miami.edu/] and DePaul University [https://las.depaul.edu/academics/philosophy/Pages/default.aspx]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called

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Philosophy PhD Programs: Georgetown and University of Arizona

In this blog post I provide some detailed, up-to-date information about two philosophy PhD programs. This week's picks are Georgetown University [https://philosophy.georgetown.edu/] and University of Arizona [https://philosophy.arizona.edu/]. These programs were chosen randomly, using an app called "Pickster [https://www.dropbox.com/