Religious Studies at Indiana University - Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and approximately 43,064 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from IU Bloomington.

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.

IU Bloomington Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion
• Doctorate Degree in Religion

IU Bloomington Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at IU Bloomington 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.

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in religion from IU Bloomington. This makes it the #73 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at IU Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at IU Bloomington awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at IU Bloomington since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at IU Bloomington 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 Indiana University - Bloomington with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

IU Bloomington Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of religion master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from IU Bloomington, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Indiana University - Bloomington with a master'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

IU Bloomington also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 3 students 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Bloomington.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	330	$77,870
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	60	$79,960

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.