Religious Studies at Saint Mary’s College

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at Saint Mary's College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

St. Mary's College is located in Notre Dame, Indiana and has a total student population of 1,581. In 2021, 5 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College.

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.

St. Mary’s College Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

St. Mary’s College Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at St. Mary's College 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 St. Mary's College 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	92
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	143
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	233

Religion Student Demographics at St. Mary's College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at Saint Mary’s College.

St. Mary’s College Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at St. Mary's College since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at St. Mary's College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Saint Mary's College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

St. Mary's College 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 IN, the home state for Saint Mary's College.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	330	$77,870
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	60	$79,960

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 Jaknelaps under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.