Careers & Graduate Schools

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Philosophy can be used as preparation for graduate schools and non-academic careers. However, you do not have to go to graduate school in philosophy in order to benefit from a philosophy major. Philosophy graduates are successfully pursuing careers in business, government, journalism, law, medicine, computer science, publishing, community service and other professions.

Philosophy provides excellent preparation for advanced training or direct entry into these areas because it emphasizes: reasoning, thinking, seeing the big picture, analyzing different view points – skills that have universal application.

Nationally in 2006, Philosophy majors, as a group, had higher mean scores on the Graduate Record Examination Verbal Reasoning and Analytical Writing Sections than students in any other major, and scored higher than other humanities and most social sciences in the GRE Quantitative examination. In 1992 only Philosophy majors were five percent or more above the mean on the LSAT (law), GMAT (graduate management), GRE Verbal and GRE Quantitative examinations.

According to the APA, “PayScale.com has released data showing average mid-career salaries of college graduates by major. [These] data make the philosophy major look like … a prudential choice. PayScale.com’s current data on ‘Best Undergrad College Degrees by Salary’ list starting median salary and mid-career (15.5 years after graduation) median salaries for 50 different university majors. Of the fifty, the philosophy major ranks sixteenth in mid-career median salary. Seven of the majors ranking above philosophy are various engineering fields.