Religious Studies at Skidmore College

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

Skidmore is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 2,582. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Skidmore.

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.

Skidmore Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Skidmore Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Skidmore 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	235
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	274

Religion Student Demographics at Skidmore

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

Skidmore Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Skidmore, about 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Skidmore since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Skidmore College 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	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Skidmore 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 NY, the home state for Skidmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Peter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.