Religious Studies at Western Michigan 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 Western Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year.

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.

WMU Religious Studies Degrees Available

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

WMU Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at WMU 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.

Religion Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

WMU Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of religion master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from WMU, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	6

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Philosophy and Religion Professors	780	$77,990

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.