Religious Studies at Saint Louis University

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

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 12,229. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from SLU.

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.

SLU Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

SLU Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at SLU 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 SLU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	316

Religion Student Demographics at SLU

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

SLU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from SLU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at SLU since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at SLU 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 Saint Louis University with a bachelor'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

SLU 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 MO, the home state for Saint Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Philosophy and Religion Professors	520	$72,220
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	100	$70,560

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 LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.