Religious Studies at Naropa University

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 Naropa University stacks up to those at other schools.

Naropa is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 855 students attend the school each year. Of the 94 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Naropa University in 2021, 4 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.

Naropa Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

Naropa Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Naropa 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 Naropa 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 Master’s Degree Schools	36
Most Popular Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	57
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	120
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in religion from Naropa. This makes it the #44 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at Naropa

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

Naropa Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at Naropa awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Naropa since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Naropa University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Naropa Religious Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in religion from Naropa. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Naropa, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Naropa University with a master'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	2

Naropa 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 CO, the home state for Naropa University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Philosophy and Religion Professors	460	$65,220
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	210	$65,020

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 BuddhaNU under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.