Religious Studies at Eckerd College

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

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and has a total student population of 1,822. Of the 541 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eckerd College in 2021, 3 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.

Eckerd Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Eckerd Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Eckerd 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 Eckerd 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	309

Religion Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Eckerd in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Eckerd since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Eckerd 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 Eckerd 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

Eckerd 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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	640	$86,410
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	270	$77,360

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 User:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.