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. In 2021, 12 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from NNU.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

NNU Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how NNU performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools	24
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	88

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 Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at NNU since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at NNU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NNU 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 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.