Religious Studies at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,722 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 2021, 6 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.

Northwestern Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Doctorate Degree in Religion

Northwestern Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Northwestern 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 Northwestern 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	174
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	500

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

Religion Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Northwestern. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Northwestern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 1 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.