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. Of the 3,730 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 2021, 27 of them were religious studies majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Religion

Baylor Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Baylor performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	17
Most Focused Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	133
Most Popular Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	133

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in religion from Baylor. This is the #142 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 27 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Baylor, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Baylor since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Baylor are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Baylor also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 9 students 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 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.