Religious Studies at Transylvania University

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

Transylvania is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 963 students attend the school each year. Of the 240 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Transylvania University in 2021, 2 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.

Transylvania Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Transylvania Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Transylvania 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 Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	194
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	316
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	380

Religion Student Demographics at Transylvania

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

Transylvania Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at Transylvania awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Transylvania University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Transylvania 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 KY, the home state for Transylvania University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	260	$70,730
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	100	$66,740

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 TUPictures under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.