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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from WMU.

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

Online Classes Are Available at WMU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

WMU does offer online education options in religion for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WMU Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how WMU performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	199

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

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from WMU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU Religious Studies Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a master's degree in Religious Studies from WMU in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from WMU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU 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 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.