Religious Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 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.

UNC Chapel Hill Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UNC Chapel Hill Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 52% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	26

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	740	$81,680
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$82,580

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 Marchmain05 under License

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