Religious Studies at Ohio State University - Main Campus

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 Ohio State University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and has a total student population of 61,369. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Ohio State.

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.

Ohio State Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Ohio State Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Ohio State 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 Ohio State 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
	37
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212

Religion Student Demographics at Ohio State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Ohio State Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Ohio State in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Ohio State since its program graduates 16% 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Ohio State 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus.

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.