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  "textContent": "What’s the latest data about philosophy graduate programs? In the following guest post, Carolyn Dicey Jennings, professor of philosophy at UC Merced and co-director of Academic Philosophy Data and Analysis (APDA), shares results from the latest APDA survey, completed at the end of 2025. It includes information about job placement, program ratings, department climate, and more. (A version of this post also appeared at the APDA Blog.) Placement, Program Ratings, Student Comments, and Keywords: an APDA Update Permanent academic placement for philosophy PhDs looks steady, while program and climate ratings are up. by Carolyn Dicey Jennings Our last data update was in 2024, covering 2013–2023 graduates and select results from the 2023 survey. This data update includes 2014–2024 graduates and select results from the 2025 survey, which was completed December 31st. More information on the survey, both methodology and results, will be released over the next few months. This post mainly provides information about the data gathering process, placement findings, and comparisons with the last data update. In sum: permanent academic placement looks steady, while program and climate ratings are up. Changes to specific programs’ placement rates and program/climate ratings are discussed below. The first thing to note is the range of included programs. We aim to include all primarily English-language philosophy PhD programs in the world that have available graduation and/or employment data. This year we were able to cover 149 programs, provided in a table below (along with the date that we completed our data checks and a link to the publicly available APDA data). Five of these are new: McMaster University, Universite de Montreal, University of Auckland, University of Bristol, University of Hong Kong, and Uppsala University. There are 65 other programs that we contact but are not yet able to cover due to data availability, which are listed below*. Data checks were a team effort, and we benefitted from the assistance of three undergraduate research assistants: Rocco Perez, Danna Valenzuela, and Devyn Williams. Notes on how we collect the information is available here and on the about page. The 2024 data update was made available through a Looker dashboard hosted on our website that draws from a Google Sheet. Those who would like to compare the current Looker dashboard with past data can use the..\n\nThe post Placement, Program Ratings, Student Comments, and Keywords: an APDA Update (guest post) first appeared on Daily Nous.",
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