Religious Studies at George Washington 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 Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from GWU.

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.

GWU Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

GWU Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how GWU 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 GWU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	17

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in religion from GWU. This makes it the #21 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from GWU. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at GWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GWU Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a master’s in religion from GWU in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from GWU, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

GWU 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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	530	$84,880

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.