Religious Studies at Oregon State University

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

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and has a total student population of 32,312. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Oregon 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.

Oregon State Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Oregon State Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Oregon 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.

Religion Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oregon State, about 13% were men and 88% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Oregon State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Oregon 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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Philosophy and Religion Professors	310	$74,050
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	100	$80,490

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.