Religious Studies at University of Hawaii at Manoa

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what University of Hawaii at Manoa has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and has a total student population of 18,025. Of the 3,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2021, 4 of them were religious studies majors.

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.

UH Manoa Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

UH Manoa Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how UH Manoa performed in these rankings.

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 UH Manoa 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
Most Popular Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	84
Most Focused Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	98

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in religion from UH Manoa. This makes it the #89 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at UH Manoa

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

UH Manoa Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from UH Manoa. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Manoa since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor's in religion.

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

UH Manoa Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in religion from UH Manoa in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from UH Manoa, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UH Manoa 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	200	$71,610

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
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