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

Olivet Nazarene is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,764.

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.

Olivet Nazarene Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

Olivet Nazarene Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Olivet Nazarene 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 Olivet Nazarene

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

Olivet Nazarene Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Olivet Nazarene since its program graduates 71% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Olivet Nazarene 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 Olivet Nazarene University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Olivet Nazarene Religious Studies Master’s Program

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

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

The following religion concentations are available at Olivet Nazarene University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Olivet Nazarene University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	4
Christian Studies	1

Related Majors

• Other Philosophy & Religious Studies

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 Olivet Nazarene 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.