Religious Studies at North Central College

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

North Central is located in Naperville, Illinois and approximately 2,832 students attend the school each year. Of the 751 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from North Central College in 2021, 2 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.

North Central Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

North Central Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at North Central 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 Popular Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	133
Most Focused Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	133
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	369

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in religion from North Central. This is the #142 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at North Central

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

North Central Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from North Central. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at North Central since its program graduates 66% 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 North Central College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

North Central 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 IL, the home state for North Central College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	960	$81,200
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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 Quadrahex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.