Religious Studies at George Mason University

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from GMU.

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.

GMU Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

GMU Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at GMU 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.

Religion Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in religion from GMU in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at GMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

GMU 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	830	$72,280
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.