Religious Studies at California State University - Bakersfield

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what California State University - Bakersfield has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 11,745 students attend the school each year.

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.

CSUB Religious Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

CSUB Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at CSUB 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 CSUB

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

CSUB Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

75% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at CSUB since its program graduates 46% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 California State University - Bakersfield with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

The following religion concentations are available at California State University - Bakersfield. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Bakersfield. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	8

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Bakersfield.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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
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