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Religious Studies at Cornell University

Religious Studies at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 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.

Cornell Religious Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Cornell Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Cornell 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 Cornell

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

Cornell Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Cornell are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

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 Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 Cornell University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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