Religious Studies at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 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.

UofSC Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UofSC Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at UofSC 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 UofSC

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

UofSC Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UofSC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Columbia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	7

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	270	$68,370

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 Idibri under License

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