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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060.

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.

Yale Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

Yale Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Yale 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Yale are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in religion.

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

Yale Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of religion master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Yale University with a master's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

Religious Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Yale University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	27
Christian Studies	11

Related Majors

• General Philosophy & Religious Studies
• 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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Philosophy and Religion Professors	470	$74,880

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.