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Feb. 17, 2005 • Volume 13 Number 11

Philosophy by the numbers

BC Philosophy reports some 400 undergraduate majors. Does any other college claim as many? To get an idea, the Chronicle contacted philosophy departments at a number of prominent universities. Here are the numbers they reported:

Texas: 350
Virginia: 105
Georgetown: 50
Notre Dame: 268
Fordham: 200
Loyola Chicago: 120
St. Louis: 74
Holy Cross: 60
Brown: 45
Catholic U: 100
Baylor: 45
Arizona: 120
Cornell: 75
Harvard: 70
NYU: 150
Pittsburgh: 70
California-Berkeley: 150
North Carolina: 67 •