Religious Studies at Vanguard University of Southern California

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

Vanguard is located in Costa Mesa, California and approximately 2,289 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Vanguard.

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.

Vanguard Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Vanguard Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Vanguard 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 Vanguard 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 Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	30
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	59

Religion Student Demographics at Vanguard

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

Vanguard Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in religion from Vanguard in 2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Vanguard since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Vanguard University of Southern California with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Vanguard also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for Vanguard University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.