Religious Studies at Hunter College

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

Hunter is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 24,052. In 2021, 10 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Hunter.

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.

Hunter Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Hunter Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Hunter performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Hunter 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 Schools	120

Religion Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hunter. Of these graduates, 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 Hunter since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Hunter College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Hunter 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 NY, the home state for Hunter College.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.