Religious Studies at University of California - Davis

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 University of California - Davis stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and approximately 39,074 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Davis.

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.

UC Davis Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

UC Davis Religious Studies Rankings

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

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 UC Davis 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
	26
Most Focused Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	118
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	425

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in religion from UC Davis. This makes it the #89 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 UC Davis

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

UC Davis Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

The religion program at UC Davis awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Davis since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

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 University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in religion.

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

UC Davis Religious Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a master's degree in religion from UC Davis. About 0% of these graduates were women and the other 100% were men.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from UC Davis, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

UC Davis 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.