Religious Studies at Fordham University

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

Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and has a total student population of 16,364. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Fordham U.

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.

Fordham U Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Fordham U Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Fordham U 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 Fordham U 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	18
Most Popular Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Most Focused Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	19
	28
	59

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in religion from Fordham U. This is the #113 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #48 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Fordham U Religion Graduates

The median salary of religion students who receive their bachelor's degree at Fordham U is $18,336. This is less than $28,029, which is the national average of all religion majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Religion Student Demographics at Fordham U

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

Fordham U Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Fordham U, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Fordham U since its program graduates 28% 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 Fordham University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Fordham U Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of religion master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Fordham U 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 NY, the home state for Fordham University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Chriscobar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.