Religious Studies at St Olaf College

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953.

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. Olaf Religious Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

St. Olaf Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at St. Olaf 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 St. Olaf

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

St. Olaf Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

77% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at St. Olaf since its program graduates 48% more women than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at St. Olaf are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St Olaf College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	23

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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	540	$74,360
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$86,000

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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