美国天主教大学拥有哲学高级学位的毕业生带来了天主教思想，并证明了他在除法律，商业，写作，新闻和政策制定等教学和哲学研究之外的多种职业中的成功。天主教哲学以现实为基础，因此，我们的毕业生带来训练有素的思想，以创造力和想象力解决现实世界中的问题。他们擅长批判性思维，有说服力的写作，论据分析，逻辑，论证和有效的沟通。哲学学院提供研究生学位课程，可以升读文学硕士或执业证书。除了美国高等学校的普通公民资格认证外，哲学学院还是教廷认可的教会教职员工，根据使徒宪法《基督教智慧》（Sapientia christiana
Graduates with advanced degrees in philosophy from The Catholic University of America bring a Catholic Mind and demonstrated success to a broad range of career options beyond teaching and philosophical research, including law, business, writing, journalism, and policy-making. Catholic philosophy is grounded in reality as it is, and as such our graduates bring highly trained minds to solve problems in the real world with creativity and imagination. They excel in critical thinking, persuasive writing, argument analysis, logic, argumentation, and effective communication. The School of Philosophy offers graduate degree programs leading to the Master of Arts or Licentiate. Along with the civil accreditation normal for American institutions of higher learning, the School of Philosophy is also an ecclesiastical faculty accredited by the Holy See according to the norms of the apostolic constitution Sapientia christiana.