Religious Studies at Southern Wesleyan University

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. In 2021, 12 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from SWU.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at SWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	70
Most Popular Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	133
Most Focused Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	133

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in religion from SWU. This is the #142 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The religion program at SWU awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at SWU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at SWU 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 Southern Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SWU also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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
• Image Credit: By Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.