Religious Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

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 The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. Of the 10,592 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2021, 17 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.

UT Austin Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at UT Austin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at UT Austin 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
Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	34
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	396

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in religion from UT Austin. This makes it the #38 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 UT Austin

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

UT Austin Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at UT Austin awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UT Austin are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Austin Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of religion master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Austin 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,520	$87,240
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.