Religious Studies at Rice 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 Rice University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Rice.

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.

Rice Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Rice Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Rice 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 Rice 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 Popular Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	17

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in religion from Rice. This makes it the #38 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Rice. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 25% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rice Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a master's degree in Religious Studies from Rice in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Rice, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 14% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University with a master's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rice also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 4 students 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,520	$87,240
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.