Religious Studies at Ball State University

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion program at Ball State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Ball State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Religious Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Ball State Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Ball State Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Religion Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ball State, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Ball State since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Ball State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its religion bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ball State also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Philosophy

Careers That Religion Grads May Go Into

A degree in religion can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	330	$77,870
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	60	$79,960

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.