Religious Studies at Temple University

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion program at Temple University stacks up to those at other schools.

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 2021, 9 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.

Temple Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Temple Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Temple 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.

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in religion from Temple. This makes it the #73 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at Temple awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Temple since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Temple are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Temple University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Temple Religious Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a master's degree in religion from Temple. About 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Temple, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Temple also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 3 students 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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,040	$84,800
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.