Religious Studies at Hebrew Theological College

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

HTC is located in Skokie, Illinois and approximately 181 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from HTC.

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.

HTC Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

HTC Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at HTC 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 HTC 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 Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	17
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	30

Religion Student Demographics at HTC

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

HTC Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from HTC. About 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at HTC since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

About 97% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at HTC 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 Hebrew Theological College with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

HTC also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Hebrew Theological College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	960	$81,200
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.