Religious Studies at Union University

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what Union University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and approximately 3,071 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Union.

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.

Union Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Union Religious Studies Rankings

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

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 Union 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	155

Religion Student Demographics at Union

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

Union Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Union. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Union since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Union are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Union University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Union also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Philosophy & Religious Studies

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 Union University.

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 Morgan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.