Religious Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and has a total student population of 1,833. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from The Colleges.

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.

The Colleges Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

The Colleges Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at The Colleges 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	104
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	156
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	174

Religion Student Demographics at The Colleges

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The Colleges Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at The Colleges awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at The Colleges since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at The Colleges 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

The Colleges 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 NY, the home state for Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.