Religious Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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 Wisconsin - Madison stacks up to those at other schools.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from UW - Madison.

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.

UW - Madison Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Religion (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

UW - Madison Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at UW - Madison compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UW - Madison 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
Best Religious Studies Basic Certificate Schools	1
Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
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Religion Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from UW - Madison. About 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 51% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UW - Madison are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UW - Madison 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Philosophy and Religion Professors	320	$73,980
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	160	$69,580

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.