Religious Education at Wheaton College Illinois

If you are interested in studying religious education, you may want to check out the program at Wheaton College Illinois. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wheaton College Illinois is located in Wheaton, Illinois and approximately 2,908 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 religious ed majors received their bachelor's degree from Wheaton College Illinois.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Religious Education section at the bottom of this page.

Wheaton College Illinois Religious Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Ed
• Master’s Degree in Religious Ed

Wheaton College Illinois Religious Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religious ed progam at Wheaton College Illinois 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 religious ed major at Wheaton College Illinois is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious Education. 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 Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools	8
Most Popular Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools	11
Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools	19
	20
Most Focused Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools	22
	27
	44

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in religious ed from Wheaton College Illinois. This makes it the #11 most popular school for religious ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Religious Ed Student Demographics at Wheaton College Illinois

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religious ed majors at Wheaton College Illinois.

Wheaton College Illinois Religious Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Religious Education from Wheaton College Illinois in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religious ed at Wheaton College Illinois are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its religious ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wheaton College Illinois with a bachelor's in religious ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wheaton College Illinois Religious Education Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a master’s in religious ed from Wheaton College Illinois in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a religious ed master's degree from Wheaton College Illinois, 80% 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 Wheaton College Illinois with a master's in religious ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wheaton College Illinois also has a doctoral program available in religious ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Missionary Studies
• Biblical Studies
• Theological & Ministerial Studies

Careers That Religious Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in religious ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Wheaton College Illinois.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Religious Activities and Education Directors	1,650	$43,930
Philosophy and Religion Professors	960	$81,200

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 Neatpete86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.