Religious Studies at Reed 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 Reed College stacks up to those at other schools.

Reed is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 1,385 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Reed.

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.

Reed Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Reed Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Reed 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 Reed 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 Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	99
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	199

Religion Student Demographics at Reed

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

Reed Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from Reed. Of these graduates, 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 Reed since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

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 Reed College with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Reed 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 Reed College.

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.