Religious Studies at Virginia Wesleyan University

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

VWU is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,347. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from VWU.

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.

VWU Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

VWU Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at VWU 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	46
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	94

Religion Student Demographics at VWU

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

VWU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in religion from VWU in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at VWU since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at VWU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Virginia Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

VWU 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	830	$72,280
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.