Religious Studies at Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wesleyan U is located in Middletown, Connecticut and has a total student population of 3,053. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Wesleyan U.

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.

Wesleyan U Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Wesleyan U Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Wesleyan U 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 Wesleyan U 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	133
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	315

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in religion from Wesleyan U. This is the #142 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religion Student Demographics at Wesleyan U

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

Wesleyan U Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Wesleyan U. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Wesleyan U since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Wesleyan U are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Wesleyan U 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 CT, the home state for Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Philosophy and Religion Professors	470	$74,880

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 Steadyjohn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.