Religious Studies at Westmont College

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if Westmont College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year. Of the 341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westmont College in 2021, 9 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.

Westmont Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Westmont Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Westmont 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 Westmont 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 Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	77
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	137

Religion Student Demographics at Westmont

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

Westmont Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 religion students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Westmont, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Westmont since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Westmont are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Westmont College with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Westmont 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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.