Religious Studies at Duke University

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

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Duke.

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.

Duke Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Duke Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Duke 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 Duke 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
Best Religious Studies Schools	1
Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	1
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	330

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in religion from Duke. This makes it the #21 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in religion from Duke in 2021, 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 Duke since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Duke are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Duke University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Duke Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a master’s in religion from Duke in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Duke, 58% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Duke also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 6 students 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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	740	$81,680
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$82,580

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.