Religious Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year.

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.

CU - Boulder Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

CU - Boulder Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at CU - Boulder 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.

Religion Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at CU - Boulder since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at CU - Boulder 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 Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in religion.

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

CU - Boulder Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of religion master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Colorado Boulder. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	9
Jewish Studies	2

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Philosophy and Religion Professors	460	$65,220
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	210	$65,020

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.