Religious Studies at Mississippi College

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

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and has a total student population of 4,667. In 2021, 12 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from MC.

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.

MC Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

MC Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how MC performed in these rankings.

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 religion major at MC 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 Schools	196

Religion Student Demographics at MC

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

MC Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at MC awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at MC since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at MC 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 Mississippi College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

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

Related Majors

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Philosophy and Religion Professors	90	$68,680
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	30	$81,890

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 Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.