Religious Studies at Wake Forest University

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at Wake Forest University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University.

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.

Wake Forest University Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

Wake Forest University Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Wake Forest University 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 Master’s Degree Schools	52

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in religion from Wake Forest University. This makes it the #56 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Wake Forest University in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 52% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Wake Forest University are white. This is above 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 Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Wake Forest University Religious Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a master's degree in religion from Wake Forest University. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wake Forest University with a master's in religion.

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

Wake Forest University 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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	740	$81,680
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$82,580

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.