Religious Studies at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

NYU Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at NYU 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at NYU since its program graduates 51% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at NYU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NYU Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of religion master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 55% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in religion.

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	11

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Cincin12 under License

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