Religious Studies at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and has a total student population of 1,360. In 2021, 2 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Whitman.

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.

Whitman Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Whitman Religious Studies Rankings

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

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 Whitman 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	178
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	238
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	380

Religion Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Whitman are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Whitman 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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	390	$73,820
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	180	$75,940

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.