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

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and approximately 7,295 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Gonzaga.

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.

Gonzaga Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Gonzaga Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Gonzaga compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Gonzaga 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	133
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	154

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in religion from Gonzaga. This is the #142 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Gonzaga. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Gonzaga since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Gonzaga are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Gonzaga 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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	390	$73,820
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	180	$75,940

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

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