Religious Studies at Santa Clara University

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if Santa Clara University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 3 of them were religious studies majors.

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.

SCU Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

SCU Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how SCU performed in these rankings.

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 SCU 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 Schools	218
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	387

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in religion from SCU. This makes it the #16 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from SCU. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

SCU Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in religion from SCU in 2021, 35% were men and 65% were women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SCU 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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.