Religious Studies at Belmont University

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if Belmont University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

Belmont is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 8,204. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Belmont.

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.

Belmont Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Belmont Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Belmont 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	142
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	350

Religion Student Demographics at Belmont

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

Belmont Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Belmont. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Belmont since its program graduates 50% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Belmont 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 Belmont University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Belmont 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 TN, the home state for Belmont University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	490	$75,500
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$76,650

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 EVula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.