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2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia

5 Colleges
$46,613 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Religious Studies School for You

Religious Studies is the #93 most popular major in District of Columbia with 68 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Religious Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for religion majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for religious studies students. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia list. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Religion majors at CUA take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

American University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at American University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious studies schools in District of Columbia. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia list. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Religious Studies at Trinity Washington University Report

Best Religious Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 245
New York 2,944
Maryland 160
New Jersey 1,341

Religious Studies is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 10,054
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 285
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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