Religious Studies at Furman University

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at Furman University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and approximately 2,567 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Furman.

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.

Furman Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Furman Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Furman performed in these rankings.

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 Furman 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 Schools	66
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	100

Religion Student Demographics at Furman

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

Furman Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from Furman. About 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Furman since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Furman 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 Furman University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Furman 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 SC, the home state for Furman University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	270	$68,370

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 Greengrass090 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.