Religious Studies at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,975 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2021, 4 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.

UWM Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

UWM Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at UWM 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 UWM 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
	2

How Much Do Religion Graduates from UWM Make?

The median salary of religion students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWM is $28,910. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $28,029 for all religion bachelor's degree recipients.

Religion Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UWM, about 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UWM since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at UWM 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in religion.

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

UWM 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 - Milwaukee.

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.