I know it's not exactly a sympatic line of inquiry, but how good are you actually at philosophy, if you expect a philosophy degree from a 25-30-rank university

I know it's not exactly a sympatic line of inquiry, but how good are you actually at philosophy, if you expect a philosophy degree from a 25-30-rank university to be a marketable credential? I agree fully that education for educations sake is valuable, but that line of argument generally explicitly rejects first class consideration of commercial applications. Just don't be surprised when there turn out to be no commercial applications (or very, very few, and those few getting snapped up by the top members of the field).