Religious Studies at Northwest Nazarene 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 Northwest Nazarene University stacks up to those at other schools.

NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and has a total student population of 2,109.

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.

NNU Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Religion
• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

NNU Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at NNU 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.

Religion Student Demographics at NNU

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

NNU Religious Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of religion associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest Nazarene University with a associate'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	0

NNU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at NNU since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at NNU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Northwest Nazarene University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwest Nazarene University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Christian Studies	11
Other Religion/Religious Studies	1

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 ID, the home state for Northwest Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Philosophy and Religion Professors	80	$79,120

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 Moonraker0022 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.