Religious Studies at Liberty University

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at Liberty University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 93,349 students attend the school each year.

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.

Liberty University Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Liberty University Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Liberty University 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Liberty University

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

Liberty University Religious Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of religion associate's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in religion only graduates about 29% women each year. The program at Liberty University may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

Liberty University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in religion graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Liberty University Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Liberty University since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Liberty University are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Liberty University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	81
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	338
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	150

Liberty University Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of religion master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Liberty University, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Liberty University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	778
Christian Studies	23

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 VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	830	$72,280
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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.