Religious Studies at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what Rutgers University - New Brunswick has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and approximately 50,411 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick.

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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Rutgers New Brunswick compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Rutgers New Brunswick 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
Best Value Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value Religious Studies Schools	44

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in religion from Rutgers New Brunswick. This makes it the #89 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from Rutgers New Brunswick. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Rutgers New Brunswick since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Rutgers New Brunswick are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Religious Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 religion majors earned their master's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Rutgers New Brunswick 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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Philosophy and Religion Professors	520	$84,620

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 Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.