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Religion/Religious Studies at Pacific Lutheran University

Religion/Religious Studies at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Religion/Religious Studies section at the bottom of this page.

PLU Religion/Religious Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

PLU Religion/Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at PLU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religion/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 PLU

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

PLU Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at PLU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in religion.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Philosophy and Religion Professors 390 $73,820

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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