Religious Studies at Eastern Mennonite University

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

Eastern Mennonite is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 1,394 students attend the school each year. Of the 240 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Mennonite University in 2021, 2 of them were religious studies majors.

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.

Eastern Mennonite Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Eastern Mennonite Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Eastern Mennonite compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Eastern Mennonite 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	8
Most Popular Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	8
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	309
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	316

Religion Student Demographics at Eastern Mennonite

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

Eastern Mennonite Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Eastern Mennonite. About 0% of these graduates were women and the other 100% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Eastern Mennonite 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 Eastern Mennonite University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Eastern Mennonite also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for Eastern Mennonite University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	830	$72,280
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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 Dyoder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.