Religious Studies at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 33,081. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from U of U.

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.

U of U Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

U of U Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at U of U 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 U of U

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

U of U Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from U of U. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at U of U since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at U of U 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 Utah with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

U of U 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Philosophy and Religion Professors	180	$88,740
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	30	$87,380

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.