Religious Studies at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 52,017 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from UMN Twin Cities.

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.

UMN Twin Cities Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UMN Twin Cities Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how UMN Twin Cities 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 UMN Twin Cities 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212

Religion Student Demographics at UMN Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in religion from UMN Twin Cities in 2021, 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 UMN Twin Cities since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UMN Twin Cities are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities 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	1

UMN Twin Cities 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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Philosophy and Religion Professors	540	$74,360
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$86,000

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

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