Religious Studies at Oberlin College

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 Oberlin College stacks up to those at other schools.

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Oberlin.

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.

Oberlin Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Oberlin Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Oberlin 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 Oberlin 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	249
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	309

Religion Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oberlin, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Oberlin since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Oberlin are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Oberlin 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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,030	$76,550
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	250	$80,260

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 Matthew Trump under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.