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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from UA.

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.

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in religion from UA. This makes it the #56 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in religion from UA in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UA since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UA are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 The University of Alabama 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UA Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 4 religion students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UA, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from UA, 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 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	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UA also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 0 student 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 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.