Religious Studies at The University of Alabama

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what The University of Alabama has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 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.

UA Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

UA Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at UA 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 UA

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

UA Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UA since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UA Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of religion master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from UA, 83% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 17% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	18

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	220	$63,930

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.