Religious Studies at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from UCR.

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.

UCR Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

UCR Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at UCR 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 UCR 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
	16
Best Value Religious Studies Schools	47
Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in religion from UCR. This makes it the #73 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCR, about 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 87% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCR Religious Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 religion majors earned their master's degree from UCR. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from UCR, 67% 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 University of California - Riverside 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	1

UCR also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 1 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Riverside.

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.