Religious Studies at Manhattan College

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

Manhattan is located in Riverdale, New York and approximately 3,965 students attend the school each year. Of the 787 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College in 2021, 2 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.

Manhattan Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Manhattan Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Manhattan 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 Popular Religious Studies Schools	380

Religion Student Demographics at Manhattan

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

Manhattan Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from Manhattan. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Manhattan since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Manhattan 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 Manhattan College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Manhattan 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 Manhattan College.

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 Trollness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.