Religious Studies at Williams College

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 Williams College stacks up to those at other schools.

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,987. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Williams.

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.

Williams Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Williams Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion progam at Williams 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 Williams 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	116
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	174

Religion Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in religion from Williams. About 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Williams College with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Williams 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 Williams College.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.