Religious Studies at William & Mary

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

William & Mary is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and approximately 8,939 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from William & Mary.

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.

William & Mary Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

William & Mary Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at William & Mary 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 William & Mary 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 Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	260

Religion Student Demographics at William & Mary

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at William & Mary.

William & Mary Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in religion from William & Mary in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at William & Mary since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at William & Mary are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 William & Mary with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

William & Mary 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 VA, the home state for William & Mary.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	830	$72,280
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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 Jrcla2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.