Religious Studies at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Georgetown.

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.

Georgetown Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Georgetown Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Georgetown 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 Georgetown 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in religion from Georgetown. This is the #113 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at Georgetown awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgetown since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Georgetown Religious Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 religion major earned their master's degree from Georgetown.

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

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

Georgetown also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 3 students 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 Georgetown 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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.