Religious Studies at Georgia State 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 Georgia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360.

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.

Georgia State Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Georgia State Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Georgia State 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 Georgia State

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

Georgia State Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Georgia State Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of religion master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	13

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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	360	$77,770
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	130	$51,590

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.