Per the latest philosophy department ranking, USC is tied with Stanford at number 8, right under Harvard, and well ahead of Chicago, a perennial philosophical powerhouse. USC’s rise is remarkable because it’s in the social sciences and has occurred largely under the radar in the past decade. So along with film and engineering, our philosophy department is one of USC’s jewels.
USC has recruited some of the most well known professors in the field, mainly from Oxford. Since the huge contribution from David Dornsife the departments at Dornsife have been recruiting new faculty and adding chairs in key departments.