Religious Studies at University of Rochester

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion program at University of Rochester stacks up to those at other schools.

University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,035 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Rochester in 2021, 6 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.

University of Rochester Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

University of Rochester Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at University of Rochester 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.

Religion Student Demographics at University of Rochester

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

University of Rochester Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from University of Rochester. Of these graduates, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at University of Rochester since its program graduates 50% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Rochester with a bachelor's in religion.

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

University of Rochester 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 NY, the home state for University of Rochester.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.