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. In 2021, 5 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from NYU.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Religion

NYU Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at NYU 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	21

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in religion from NYU. This makes it the #89 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 34% women. So female students are more repesented at NYU since its program graduates 46% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NYU Religious Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a master's degree in religion from NYU. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from NYU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NYU also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 4 students 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 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.