Religious Studies at Grand Valley State University

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if Grand Valley State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,263 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University in 2021, 3 of them were religious studies majors.

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.

GVSU Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

GVSU Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at GVSU 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 GVSU

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

GVSU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from GVSU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at GVSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

GVSU 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Philosophy and Religion Professors	780	$77,990

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.