Religious Studies at Carleton College

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

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 1,940. Of the 517 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in 2021, 9 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.

Carleton Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Carleton Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Carleton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Carleton 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 Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	103
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	137

Religion Student Demographics at Carleton

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

Carleton Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Carleton. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Carleton since its program graduates 55% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Carleton 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 Carleton College with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Carleton 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 MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	540	$74,360
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$86,000

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 Dogs1337 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.