Placement
The Department of Philosophy has an excellent record of placing its students in major colleges and universities. The entire faculty is committed to the successful placement of every student in the program. This is facilitated by the Graduate Placement Officer, who organizes placement workshops, arranges for mock interviews and works closely with students to put together a compelling CV and dossier.
It is important that students recognize that successful placement is a matter of professional development throughout the course of graduate education, and not just at its end. The department’s interest in its alumni does not cease when they have found their first position; it endeavors to stay in touch with them and is prepared to offer further assistance in the advancement of their careers.
For current PSU students on the job market, see our Graduate Placement: Best Practices page.
Recent Placements
Penn State Graduates over the past ten years currently hold tenured or tenure track positions at the following institutions (in alphabetical order):
| Adelphia University | Maine at Orono, University of |
| Alabama-Huntsville, University of | McGill Universtity |
| Augustana University | Newberry College |
| Baldwin-Wallace | Nicolet College |
| Bennington | Northern Arizona University |
| Bilkent University | Oklahoma, University of |
| Bishop's University | Pennsylvania, University of |
| Bucknell University | Pisa, Universita di |
| California at Santa Barbara, University of | Portland, University of |
| Cedarville | Providence College |
| Christian Brothers University | Rhodes College (2) |
| Colorado at Denver, University of | Ryerson University |
| Creighton University | Sacred Heart University |
| CUNY-Brooklyn College | Skidmore College |
| Denver, University of | Southerwestern University |
| DePaul University (s) | St. Francis College |
| Drexel University | St. John's University |
| Eckerd College | Suffolk University |
| Elmhurst College | Texas Pan-American, University of |
| Fairfield University | Toledo, University of (2) |
| Georgia Southern University | Washington and Jefferson College |
| Hawaii at Manoa, University of | Wisconsin-LaCrosse, University of |
| Kentucky, University of | |
| Lancaster University | |
| Lock Haven University | |

