Religious Studies at Mount Holyoke College

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion program at Mount Holyoke College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. In 2021, 4 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Mt. Holyoke.

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.

Mt. Holyoke Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Mt. Holyoke Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Mt. Holyoke 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	237
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	274

Religion Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at Mt. Holyoke awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mt. Holyoke 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.