Religious Studies at Wheaton College Massachusetts

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

Wheaton College Massachusetts is located in Norton, Massachusetts and approximately 1,670 students attend the school each year. Of the 480 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College Massachusetts in 2021, 7 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.

Wheaton College Massachusetts Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Wheaton College Massachusetts Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Wheaton College Massachusetts compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Wheaton College Massachusetts 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	118

Religion Student Demographics at Wheaton College Massachusetts

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

Wheaton College Massachusetts Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Wheaton College Massachusetts in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Wheaton College Massachusetts since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Wheaton College Massachusetts are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Wheaton College Massachusetts with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wheaton College Massachusetts 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 MA, the home state for Wheaton College Massachusetts.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Wheaton College under License

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