Religious Studies at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UT Knoxville Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how UT Knoxville performed in these rankings.

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 UT Knoxville 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 Popular Religious Studies Schools	120
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	449

Religion Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UT Knoxville are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Knoxville 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	490	$75,500
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$76,650

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.