Religious Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if Columbia University in the City of New York is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Columbia.

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.

Columbia Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Columbia Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Columbia 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 Columbia 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
	7
Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	15
Best Religious Studies Schools	25
Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in religion from Columbia. This makes it the #19 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Columbia, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Columbia Religious Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a master's degree in religion from Columbia. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Philosophy & Religious Studies
• 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.