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Religious Studies at Fordham University

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.

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

Fordham U Religious Studies 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.

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.

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

53% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Fordham U since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Fordham U are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Fordham University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies 21
Christian Studies 1

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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