Religious Studies at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 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.

UF Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Religion (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

UF Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at UF 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 UF

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

UF Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UF Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of religion master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	15

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	640	$86,410
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	270	$77,360

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.