Religious Studies
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Religious Studies degree recipients are New York, NY, Lakewood, NJ, and Lynchburg, VA. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Religious Studies degree recipients are Oak Park, MI, Cliffwood Beach, NJ, and Elizabeth, NJ. The most common degree awarded to students studying Religious Studies is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Religious Studies and the types of students that study this field. Beth Medrash Govoha awards the most degrees in Religious Studies in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Religious Studies, followed by Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel.
Tuition costs for Religious Studies majors are, on average, $9,828 for in-state public colleges, and $37,408 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Religious Studies programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (612 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (8,303 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Religious Studies, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (8,303 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Religious Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Beth Medrash Govoha has the most Religious Studies degree recipients, with 1,600 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Religious Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer Religious Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Beth Medrash Govoha has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Religious Studies, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Religious Studies by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors is $107,865 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Philosophy and Religious Studies majors is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation.
The average salary for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors is $107,865 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Philosophy and Religious Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors, by number of employees, are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors working as Clergy, Judicial law clerks, and Religious workers, all other.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors are Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks, and Heavy vehicle & mobile equipment service technicians & mechanics.
The number of Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.68%, from 369,821 in 2023 to 379,743 in 2024.
The largest single share of Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates go on to work as Clergy (8.76%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Philosophy and Religious Studies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Philosophy and Religious Studies majors, by number of employees, are Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Religious organizations, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors, by average wage, are Pipeline transportation, Aluminum production & processing, and Railroad rolling stock manufacturing.
The number of Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.68%, from 369,821 in 2023 to 379,743 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates by share is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, followed by Religious organizations. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Philosophy and Religious Studies.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Philosophy and Religious Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies is 44.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Philosophy and Religious Studies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Philosophy and Religious Studies (7,578 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 37 and 34 years old, which represent 3.32% and 3.2% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Religious Studies are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Philosophy and Religious Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Religious Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Religious Studies for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Religious Studies.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Other Europe, not specified that hold Philosophy and Religious Studies degrees (5.32 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (4,936 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Religious Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Religious Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Religious Studies majors need more than the average amount of Programming, Writing, and Reading Comprehension.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Religious Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Programming is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
