Religious Studies at Gordon College

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what Gordon College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Gordon College is located in Wenham, Massachusetts and approximately 1,816 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Gordon College.

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.

Gordon College Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Gordon College Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Gordon College performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Gordon College 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
	11
	12
Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best Religious Studies Schools	37
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	95
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	108

How Much Do Religion Graduates from Gordon College Make?

The median salary of religion students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gordon College is $31,219. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $28,029 for all religion bachelor's degree recipients.

Religion Student Demographics at Gordon College

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

Gordon College Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from Gordon College. About 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Gordon College since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Gordon College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Gordon College with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Gordon College 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 MA, the home state for Gordon College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.