UW-Madison Philosophy Grad Program Statistics

Prospective students may be interested in statistics on our grad program. The following data is updated each year.

UW-Madison Philosophy Program Profile (compiled by the Graduate School)

UW-MADISON PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM ATTRITION RATES (COMPILED BY THE DEPARTMENT)

wdt_ID Entering Class Year Class Size, Gender Demographics Current Status
10 2002 5 (2 women, 3 men) 1 woman left with MA degree, 1 woman left before MA degree.
3 men completed the PhD degree.
11 2003 8 (3 women, 5 men) 1 woman and 2 men left with MA degree,
2 woman and 3 men completed the PhD degree.
12 2004 10 (5 women, 5 men) 1 man left before MA degree.
5 women and 4 men completed the PhD degree.
13 2005 10 (2 women, 8 men) 2 men left with MA degree, 1 man without.
5 men and 2 women have completed the PhD degree.
14 2006 7 (1 woman, 6 men) 1 man left with MA degree.
1 woman and 5 men completed the PhD degree.
15 2007 8 (2 women, 6 men)

2 women and 5 men completed the PhD degree.
1 man left with MA degree.
16 2008 5 (1 woman, 4 men) 1 woman and 3 men left with MA degree.
1 man remain in the program.
17 2009 6 (1 woman, 5 men) 1 woman and 3 men completed the PhD degree.
2 men left with MA degree.
18 2010 5 (1 woman, 4 men) 1 woman left with MA degree.
3 men completed the PhD degree.
1 man remains in the program.
19 2011 14 (3 women, 11 men) 3 men left with MA degree.
8 men, 3 woman completed the PhD degree.
20 2012 6 (2 women, 4 men) 2 men left with MA degree.
2 men and 2 women completed the PhD degree.
21 2013 5 (3 women, 2 men) 1 woman and 2 men completed the PhD degree.
1 woman left the program.
1 woman remains in the program.
22 2014 7 (4 women, 3 men) 2 women and 1 man completed the PhD degree.
2 women left with MA degree.
1 man left with MA degree.
1 man remains in the program.
23 2015 5 (3 women, 2 men) 1 man left with MA degree.
1 man left before MA degree.
2 women completed the PhD degree.
1 woman remains in the program.
24 2016 6 (3 women, 3 men) 1 woman completed PhD degree.
1 man left with MA degree.
1 man and 2 women left the program.
1 man remains in the program.
25 2017 8 (3 women, 5 men) 1 man completed the PhD degree.
1 woman left with MA degree.
2 women and 4 men remain in the program.
26 2018 6 (4 women, 2 men) 3 women left with MA degree.
1 woman and 2 men remain in the program.
27 2019 7 (3 women, 4 men) 1 woman and 1 man left before MA degrees.
2 women and 3 men remain in program.
28 2020 10 (5 women, 5 men) 1 woman and 1 man left with MA degree.
4 women and 4 men remain in the program.
29 2021 8 (4 women, 4 men) All remain in the program.
30 2022 8 (3 women, 5 men) All remain in the program.
31 2023 8 (3 women, 5 men) All remain in program.
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