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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Yale.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Religion

Yale Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	379

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in religion from Yale. This makes it the #5 most popular school for religion master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Yale. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 60% 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 27% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Yale Religious Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 religion majors earned their master's degree from Yale. Of these graduates, 70% were men and 30% were women.

Of the students who received a religion master's degree from Yale, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 19% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Yale also has a doctoral program available in religion. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.