Religious Studies at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. Of the 8,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston in 2021, 5 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 Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UH Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at UH 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 UH 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
	41

Religion Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from UH. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 46% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in religion.

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

UH 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,520	$87,240
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.