Religious Studies at Wayland Baptist University

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 Wayland Baptist University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and has a total student population of 4,062. Of the 786 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayland Baptist University in 2021, 21 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.

Wayland Baptist University Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Wayland Baptist University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Wayland Baptist University offers distance education options for religion at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Wayland Baptist University Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Wayland Baptist University 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 Wayland Baptist 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	10
Most Popular Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools	24
Most Focused Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools	42

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in religion from Wayland Baptist University. This makes it the #13 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at Wayland Baptist University

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

Wayland Baptist University Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wayland Baptist University. Of these graduates, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Wayland Baptist University since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Wayland Baptist University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Wayland Baptist University Religious Studies Master’s Program

The religion program at Wayland Baptist University awarded 19 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 63% of these degrees went to men with the other 37% going to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 50% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Wayland Baptist University 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 TX, the home state for Wayland Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,520	$87,240
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

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.