Religion/Religious Studies at George Washington University

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Religion/Religious Studies section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Religion/Religious Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

GWU Religion/Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religion/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 GWU

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

GWU Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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
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