Religious Studies at Whitworth 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 Whitworth University stacks up to those at other schools.

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 2,756. Of the 532 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Whitworth University 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.

Whitworth Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Whitworth Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Whitworth 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 Whitworth 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
	48
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	137

How Much Do Religion Graduates from Whitworth Make?

The median salary of religion students who receive their bachelor's degree at Whitworth is $23,361. This is less than $28,029, which is the national average of all religion majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Religion Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Whitworth in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Whitworth since its program graduates 44% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Whitworth 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 Whitworth University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Whitworth 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 Whitworth University.

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 Charlesdrakew under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.