Religious Studies at College of the Holy Cross

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if College of the Holy Cross is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 2,970 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Holy Cross.

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.

Holy Cross Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Holy Cross Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Holy Cross 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
Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Best Religious Studies Schools	22
	27
Best Value Religious Studies Schools	50
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	233

Religion Student Demographics at Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from Holy Cross. About 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Holy Cross are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Holy Cross 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 George Rypysc III under License

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