Religious Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 26,179.

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.

UCSB Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

UCSB Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at UCSB 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 36% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCSB Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of religion master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara 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	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

The following religion concentations are available at University of California - Santa Barbara. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Barbara. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	38

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 - Santa Barbara.

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 Nandaro under License

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