Philosophy & Religious Studies at Birmingham Southern College

If you plan to study philosophy & religious studies, take a look at what Birmingham Southern College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BSC is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 1,129 students attend the school each year.

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

BSC Philosophy & Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy & Religious Studies

BSC Philosophy & Religious Studies Rankings

The philosophy & religious studies major at BSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy & 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.

Philosophy & Religious Studies Student Demographics at BSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy & religious studies majors at Birmingham Southern College.

BSC Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of philosophy & religious studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical philosophy & religious studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at BSC since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy & religious studies at BSC 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 Birmingham Southern College with a bachelor's in philosophy & religious studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Philosophy & Religious Studies

If you plan to be a philosophy & religious studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Birmingham Southern College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religious Studies	10
Philosophy	2

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• History

Careers That Philosophy & Religious Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy & religious studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Birmingham Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Mathematical Science Professors	670	$66,350
Philosophy and Religion Professors	220	$63,930
Natural Sciences Managers	170	$112,140

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 Jwrandolph under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.