Religious Studies at University of Chicago

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

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 17,834 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from UChicago.

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.

UChicago Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UChicago Religious Studies Rankings

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

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 UChicago 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	21
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	380

Religion Student Demographics at UChicago

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

UChicago Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UChicago, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UChicago 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 University of Chicago with a bachelor'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

UChicago 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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	960	$81,200
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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 Leefon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.