Religious Studies at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Long Beach. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069.

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.

CSULB Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

CSULB Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at CSULB 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 CSULB

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

CSULB Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% 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 - Long Beach with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSULB Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of religion master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion 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 California State University - Long Beach. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	11
Jewish Studies	2

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

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
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.