Religious Education at Messiah University

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

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,370 students attend the school each year. Of the 654 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Messiah University in 2021, 16 of them were religious education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Religious Education section at the bottom of this page.

Messiah Religious Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Ed

Messiah Religious Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religious ed progam at Messiah 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 religious ed major at Messiah is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious Education. 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 Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21

Religious Ed Student Demographics at Messiah

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religious ed majors at Messiah University.

Messiah Religious Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of religious ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religious ed at Messiah 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 Messiah University with a bachelor's in religious ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Biblical Studies

Careers That Religious Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in religious ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Religious Activities and Education Directors	1,490	$40,980
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,040	$84,800

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.