Religious Studies at Florida State University

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

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and approximately 43,569 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Florida State.

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.

Florida State Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Florida State Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Florida State 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 Florida State 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 Value Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	17
	18
Best Religious Studies Schools	29

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in religion from Florida State. This makes it the #49 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Florida State Religion Graduates

The median salary of religion students who receive their bachelor's degree at Florida State is $25,868. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,029 for all religion students.

Religion Student Demographics at Florida State

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

Florida State Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Florida State since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Florida State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 State University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Florida State Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 5 religion students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Florida State, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Florida State, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Florida State also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 4 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 FL, the home state for Florida State 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 Ayzmo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.