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Religious Studies at University of Georgia

Religious Studies at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 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.

UGA Religious Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UGA Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at UGA 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UGA are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in religion.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 Georgia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies 28

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Philosophy and Religion Professors 360 $77,770
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 130 $51,590

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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