Religious Studies at Florida International University

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

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 58,836. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from FIU.

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.

FIU Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

FIU Religious Studies Rankings

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

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 FIU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	27
	46
Best Religious Studies Schools	52

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in religion from FIU. This makes it the #44 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at FIU

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

FIU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FIU, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at FIU since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Florida International University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

FIU Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in religion from FIU in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FIU 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 Florida International University.

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 Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.