Religious Studies at Dickinson College

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what Dickinson College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,932 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Dickinson.

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.

Dickinson Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Dickinson Religious Studies Rankings

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

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 Dickinson 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 Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	205
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	267

Religion Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Dickinson, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Dickinson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dickinson College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Dickinson 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,040	$84,800
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.