Religious Studies at University of South Florida - Main Campus

If you plan to study religious studies, take a look at what University of South Florida - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from USF Tampa.

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.

USF Tampa Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

USF Tampa Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how USF Tampa 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 USF Tampa 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 Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	442
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	478

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in religion from USF Tampa. This makes it the #44 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from USF Tampa. About 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at USF Tampa since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at USF Tampa 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USF Tampa Religious Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in religion from USF Tampa. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in religion.

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

USF Tampa 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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	640	$86,410
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	270	$77,360

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.