Religious Studies at Touro College

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at Touro College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Touro is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 11,699.

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.

Touro Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Touro Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Touro 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #48 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Touro

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

Touro Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Touro since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Touro are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Touro College with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Touro Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of religion master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Touro, 75% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Touro College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Jewish Studies	13

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Touro College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Matthew G. Bisanz under License

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