Religious Studies at Baylor 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 Baylor University stacks up to those at other schools.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and has a total student population of 19,297.

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.

Baylor Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Baylor Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Baylor 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 Baylor

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

Baylor Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Baylor since its program graduates 36% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Baylor are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Baylor University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Baylor University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	36

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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,520	$87,240
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.