Religious Studies at Southern Wesleyan University

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SWU is located in Central, South Carolina and approximately 1,345 students attend the school each year.

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.

SWU Religious Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

SWU Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at SWU 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.

Religion Student Demographics at SWU

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

SWU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at SWU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at SWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Southern Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

The following religion concentations are available at Southern Wesleyan University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	12

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 SC, the home state for Southern Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	270	$68,370

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
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