Religious Studies at College of Charleston

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at College of Charleston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 10,384 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.

C of C Religious Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

C of C Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at C of C 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 C of C

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

C of C Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

71% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at C of C since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at C of C are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of Charleston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	6
Jewish Studies	4

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 SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	270	$68,370

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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