Religious Studies at University of California - San Diego

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 - San Diego stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from UCSD.

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.

UCSD Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UCSD Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at UCSD 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	461

Religion Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from UCSD in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in religion.

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

UCSD 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 - San Diego.

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.