Religious Studies at Muhlenberg College

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

Muhlenberg is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,067. In 2021, 10 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg.

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.

Muhlenberg Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Muhlenberg Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg 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	63
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	120

Religion Student Demographics at Muhlenberg

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

Muhlenberg Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Muhlenberg since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Muhlenberg are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Muhlenberg College with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Muhlenberg 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 PA, the home state for Muhlenberg College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,040	$84,800
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 Duempel at de.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.