Religion Religious Studies

A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptural and textual studies; religious history and politics; and specific studies of particular faith communities and their behavior.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 428 institutions across the United States, with a total of 9030 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

2,291

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

350

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

199

degrees awarded

Other Awards

6,043

awards given

Top Schools for Religion Religious Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	1,995
2	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	150
3	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	141
4	Baylor University Waco, TX	135
5	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	108
6	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	108
7	University of Georgia Athens, GA	84
8	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	79
9	Yale University New Haven, CT	75
10	Faith International University Tacoma, WA	75
11	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	72
12	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	72
13	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	66
14	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	63
15	Hartford International University for Religion and Peace Hartford, CT	60
16	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	60
17	Emory University Atlanta, GA	60
18	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	56
19	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	54
20	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	54
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	54
22	Elim Bible Institute and College Lima, NY	51
23	Memphis Theological Seminary Memphis, TN	51
24	Grove City College Grove City, PA	51
25	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	51
26	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	51
27	Florida International University Miami, FL	48
28	Brown University Providence, RI	48
29	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	48
30	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	45
31	Graceland University-Lamoni Lamoni, IA	45
32	Rice University Houston, TX	45
33	Fordham University Bronx, NY	45
34	Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa, CA	45
35	Southern Wesleyan University Central, SC	45
36	Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	42
37	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	42
38	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	42
39	Carson-Newman University Jefferson City, TN	42
40	Atlanta Metropolitan State College Atlanta, GA	40
41	University of Denver Denver, CO	39
42	Duke University Durham, NC	39
43	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	39
44	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	39
45	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	39
46	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	36
47	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	36
48	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	36
49	Furman University Greenville, SC	36
50	Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA	33
51	Spring Hill College Mobile, AL	33
52	Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC	33
53	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	33
54	John Carroll University University Heights, OH	33
55	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	33
56	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	33
57	Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry Ambridge, PA	33
58	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	33
59	New York University New York, NY	33
60	Naropa University Boulder, CO	30
61	Boston University Boston, MA	30
62	Bates College Lewiston, ME	30
63	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	30
64	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	30
65	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	30
66	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	30
67	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	30
68	Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA	30
69	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	27
70	Evangel University Springfield, MO	27
71	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	27
72	Greenville University Greenville, IL	27
73	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	27
74	Bethel University Saint Paul, MN	27
75	Kentucky Mountain Bible College Jackson, KY	27
76	Athens State University Athens, AL	27
77	Clemson University Clemson, SC	27
78	Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon, OH	27
79	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	27
80	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	27
81	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	27
82	Drew University Madison, NJ	27
83	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	27
84	Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	27
85	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	27
86	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	27
87	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	24
88	Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL	24
89	Shorter University Rome, GA	24
90	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	24
91	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	24
92	California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA	24
93	The Catholic University of America Washington, DC	24
94	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	24
95	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	24
96	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	21
97	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	21
98	Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA	21
99	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	21
100	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	21