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CIP PROGRAM: 38.0201
Religion/Religious Studies.

Summary: 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.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 121 3162 488
2021 113 3002 439
2022 102 2835 426
2023 94 2545 441
2024 84 2291 350
Change -22.31% -19.51% -9.63%

Related CIPs

38 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
38.02 Religion/Religious Studies.
38.0201 Religion/Religious Studies.
38.0202 Buddhist Studies.
38.0203 Christian Studies.
38.0204 Hindu Studies.
38.0205 Islamic Studies.
38.0206 Jewish/Judaic Studies.
38.0207 Talmudic Studies.
38.0208 Catholic Studies.
38.0209 Mormon Studies.
38.0299 Religion/Religious Studies, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Religion/Religious Studies.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Albion College1 +20.00%
Allegheny College3 -75.00%
Alvernia University1 -100.00%
American Public University System24 -44.44%
American University2 -80.00%
Amherst College2 -50.00%
Anderson University1 -100.00%
Andrews University8 -20.00%
Appalachian State University7 +75.00%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion8 -33.33%
Arizona State University Digital Immersion22 +33.33%
Arkansas Baptist College1 +200.00%
Ashland University5 -100.00%
Athens State University4 -25.00%
Augsburg University3 -50.00%
Augustana College6 +20.00%
Augustana University6 -
Austin College1 +100.00%
Averett University1 -
Avila University1 -
Ball State University3 +100.00%
Baptist University of the Americas5 -
Barnard College2 -66.67%
Barton College1 -
Bates College10 -40.00%
Baylor University35 -25.71%
Belmont University4 +33.33%
Bennington College1 -
Bethany College1 +100.00%
Bethany College1 +100.00%
Bethany Lutheran College1 -100.00%
Bethel College-North Newton1 -100.00%
Bethune-Cookman University2 -
Birmingham-Southern College6 -63.64%
Bloomfield College1 +100.00%
Boston University3 -
Bowdoin College9 -50.00%
Bradley University4 +20.00%
Brown University13 +27.27%
Bucknell University2 +100.00%
Butler University1 -75.00%
CUNY Hunter College7 -45.45%
CUNY Medgar Evers College3 -
California Lutheran University3 -
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt7 -25.00%
California State University-Bakersfield8 +85.71%
California State University-Chico14 -
California State University-Fullerton1 -50.00%
California State University-Long Beach12 +50.00%
California State University-Northridge7 -43.48%
Calvin University4 -
Canisius University1 -100.00%
Capital University2 -88.89%
Carleton College6 -64.29%
Carson-Newman University14 -20.00%
Carthage College1 -100.00%
Case Western Reserve University2 -33.33%
Catawba College2 -50.00%
Centenary College of Louisiana1 -
Central Michigan University2 -16.67%
Centre College1 +33.33%
Chaminade University of Honolulu1 -
Chapman University2 -80.00%
Claremont McKenna College3 -50.00%
Clemson University9 -30.00%
Cleveland State University1 -
Clinton College3 +200.00%
Coastal Carolina University1 -
Coe College3 +100.00%
Colby College2 +250.00%
Colgate University9 -81.82%
College of Charleston5 -42.86%
College of Our Lady of the Elms2 -
College of the Holy Cross9 +30.00%
Colorado College1 -66.67%
Columbia University in the City of New York4 +11.11%
Concordia University-Irvine2 -
Cornell College3 -66.67%
Cornell University3 -20.00%
D'Youville University1 -
Dartmouth College10 +33.33%
Davidson College6 +50.00%
DePaul University2 -
DePauw University6 +25.00%
Denison University2 +71.43%
Dickinson College2 -50.00%
Drake University2 -33.33%
Duke University3 -100.00%
Eastern Mennonite University2 -
Eastern Michigan University1 -
Eastern Nazarene College1 -57.14%
Elizabethtown College2 -80.00%
Elon University6 +150.00%
Emory & Henry University2 -66.67%
Emory University3 -11.11%
Erskine College3 +50.00%
Evangel University9 +200.00%
Fairfield University1 -
Faith International University25 -18.18%
Florida International University10 +55.56%
Florida Southern College4 -16.67%
Florida State University13 -21.43%
Fordham University15 +17.39%
Franklin College3 -33.33%
Franklin and Marshall College1 -
Furman University12 -40.00%
Gardner-Webb University11 +160.00%
George Mason University3 +250.00%
George Washington University3 +75.00%
Georgetown University7 -16.67%
Georgia State University8 -75.00%
Georgian Court University2 -
Gettysburg College3 +50.00%
Gonzaga University2 -40.00%
Grand Valley State University1 -
Greensboro College1 -
Greenville University9 -25.00%
Grinnell College7 +33.33%
Grove City College17 +46.67%
Guilford College3 -50.00%
Gustavus Adolphus College3 -50.00%
Hamilton College3 -83.33%
Hamline University3 +60.00%
Hampden-Sydney College3 +500.00%
Hampton University4 -
Harvard University8 -
Haverford College2 +25.00%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology4 -66.67%
Hendrix College3 -85.71%
High Point University2 +100.00%
Hillsdale College5 +40.00%
Hobart William Smith Colleges3 +200.00%
Hofstra University1 -100.00%
Hollins University1 -100.00%
Hope College4 -30.77%
Huntingdon College1 +25.00%
Illinois Wesleyan University2 -100.00%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus2 -40.00%
Indiana University-Bloomington8 +66.67%
Indiana University-Indianapolis2 -57.14%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla1 -
Iona University3 -
Iowa State University2 -80.00%
Ithaca College2 -
Jarvis Christian University3 -
John Carroll University3 +50.00%
Johnson University1 -
Kalamazoo College5 +100.00%
Kentucky Mountain Bible College9 -
Kentucky Wesleyan College2 -
Kenyon College6 -72.22%
King University3 -66.67%
La Salle University1 -50.00%
La Sierra University3 -25.00%
Lafayette College3 -
Lake Forest College4 -33.33%
Lawrence University1 +33.33%
Le Moyne College1 -100.00%
Lenoir-Rhyne University3 -50.00%
Lewis & Clark College9 -62.50%
Lewis University1 -75.00%
Liberty University597 -16.02%
Lincoln University1 -
Linfield University1 -
Livingstone College3 +100.00%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria2 -
Lourdes University3 -
Loyola University Maryland6 -20.00%
Luther College1 -50.00%
Lycoming College1 -50.00%
Macalester College5 +100.00%
Madonna University1 -
Manchester University2 -100.00%
Manhattan College2 -
Mars Hill University1 -
Marywood University3 -
McKendree University1 -100.00%
Mercer University5 -62.50%
Mercyhurst University1 -100.00%
Meredith College5 -66.67%
Methodist University1 -
Miami University-Oxford5 -46.67%
Michigan State University4 -
MidAmerica Nazarene University2 -100.00%
Middle Tennessee State University10 +20.00%
Middlebury College2 -61.54%
Missouri State University-Springfield13 -20.00%
Montclair State University2 -42.86%
Morehouse College3 -90.91%
Morningside University5 -
Mount Holyoke College10 +75.00%
Mount Mercy University1 -
Muhlenberg College7 -85.71%
Naropa University1 -42.86%
NationsUniversity7 -
Nazareth University4 -66.67%
New York University5 -83.33%
Niagara University1 -100.00%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh3 +500.00%
North Carolina Wesleyan University2 -42.86%
North Central College1 -66.67%
Northeastern University1 -
Northwestern College5 -66.67%
Northwestern University4 +40.00%
Oakland City University3 +200.00%
Oberlin College12 -28.57%
Occidental College4 -33.33%
Ohio State University-Main Campus4 -33.33%
Ohio Wesleyan University1 -100.00%
Oklahoma City University5 +33.33%
Oklahoma Wesleyan University3 -33.33%
Olivet Nazarene University2 -83.33%
Oregon State University9 +66.67%
Our Lady of the Lake University1 -
Pacific Lutheran University10 -20.00%
Pepperdine University7 -42.86%
Pfeiffer University2 -100.00%
Pomona College6 -66.67%
Presbyterian College4 -
Princeton University12 +25.00%
Principia College1 -
Purdue University-Main Campus4 -66.67%
Randolph-Macon College6 -66.67%
Reed College4 -36.36%
Regis University4 -
Rhodes College2 +33.33%
Rice University5 -50.00%
Roanoke College3 -100.00%
Rollins College2 +25.00%
Rosemont College1 -100.00%
Rowan University1 -
Rutgers University-Camden1 -
Rutgers University-New Brunswick1 -40.00%
Saint Augustine's University2 +200.00%
Saint Leo University4 -37.04%
Saint Martin's University1 -100.00%
Saint Mary's College1 -
Saint Mary's College of California1 +200.00%
Saint Michael's College5 -37.50%
Saint Norbert College1 -
Salem College2 -
Samford University6 -60.00%
San Diego State University7 -
Santa Clara University2 +100.00%
Scripps College1 +100.00%
Seattle University3 +150.00%
Seton Hall University2 -
Shenandoah University1 -
Shorter University8 -42.86%
Siena College1 -100.00%
Simpson College3 -50.00%
Skidmore College5 -75.00%
Smith College6 +60.00%
Southern Adventist University5 -45.45%
Southern Methodist University5 -72.73%
Southern Wesleyan University15 +72.73%
Southwest Baptist University2 -
Southwestern University2 -33.33%
Spring Hill College5 -
St Lawrence University3 -75.00%
St Olaf College13 -20.00%
St. John Fisher University1 -100.00%
St. Mary's College of Maryland3 -
Stanford University2 +100.00%
Stetson University4 -63.64%
Stillman College1 -
Susquehanna University3 -25.00%
Swarthmore College4 -
Syracuse University1 +33.33%
Temple University4 -25.00%
Texas Christian University4 -87.50%
Texas State University6 -
Texas Wesleyan University2 -50.00%
The Catholic University of America8 +100.00%
The College of Wooster8 -20.00%
The University of Alabama11 +71.43%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville8 -20.00%
The University of Texas at Austin4 -40.00%
The University of the South6 +50.00%
Thiel College4 -50.00%
Thomas More University3 -
Towson University1 -77.78%
Transylvania University2 +400.00%
Trevecca Nazarene University1 -
Trinity College1 -25.00%
Trinity University6 +100.00%
Tufts University4 +300.00%
Union College1 -
University of Arizona11 +15.38%
University of California-Berkeley1 -100.00%
University of California-Davis10 -33.33%
University of California-Los Angeles4 -60.00%
University of California-Riverside2 +40.00%
University of California-San Diego4 +150.00%
University of California-Santa Barbara20 -
University of Central Arkansas1 -100.00%
University of Central Florida15 -33.33%
University of Colorado Boulder3 -14.29%
University of Dayton7 -30.77%
University of Denver3 +50.00%
University of Florida4 -27.27%
University of Georgia25 -35.29%
University of Hawaii at Manoa2 -42.86%
University of Houston2 +166.67%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2 -33.33%
University of Indianapolis1 -
University of Iowa5 -16.67%
University of Kansas3 -33.33%
University of Maryland-College Park1 -
University of Miami1 -
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities3 -25.00%
University of Missouri-Columbia5 +14.29%
University of Mobile4 -75.00%
University of Mount Olive4 -20.00%
University of Nebraska at Omaha2 +66.67%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus2 -
University of North Carolina Asheville4 -
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill16 -31.03%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte7 -40.00%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro11 -55.56%
University of North Florida5 -
University of North Texas3 -71.43%
University of Northern Iowa7 -33.33%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus2 -66.67%
University of Oregon6 -60.00%
University of Pennsylvania3 -42.86%
University of Pikeville2 -100.00%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus3 +7.69%
University of Puget Sound14 -50.00%
University of Redlands3 +66.67%
University of Rochester4 -16.67%
University of Scranton3 +100.00%
University of South Carolina-Columbia8 -77.78%
University of South Florida6 +42.86%
University of Southern California5 -100.00%
University of St Thomas36 -7.32%
University of Toledo3 -33.33%
University of Tulsa2 -100.00%
University of Utah6 -100.00%
University of Vermont8 +50.00%
University of Virginia-Main Campus30 +5.26%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus1 -
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire1 -
University of Wisconsin-Madison4 -
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee2 +133.33%
University of Wyoming2 +200.00%
University of the Incarnate Word4 -100.00%
University of the Ozarks1 -100.00%
University of the Southwest1 +150.00%
Ursinus College1 -100.00%
Utah State University3 -37.50%
Vanderbilt University2 -
Vanguard University of Southern California15 -35.71%
Vassar College6 +100.00%
Virginia Commonwealth University4 -46.15%
Virginia University of Lynchburg1 +100.00%
Wabash College6 -18.75%
Wake Forest University4 -72.22%
Walla Walla University3 -
Wartburg College10 +50.00%
Washburn University4 +50.00%
Washington Adventist University3 -50.00%
Washington University in St Louis6 +100.00%
Washington and Lee University2 -
Wellesley College1 +400.00%
Wesleyan College1 -
Wesleyan University1 +83.33%
West Virginia Wesleyan College1 -
Western Kentucky University3 -42.86%
Western Michigan University2 -40.00%
Western Washington University2 -
Westminster College2 -
Westmont College14 +100.00%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)1 +66.67%
Whitman College2 -25.00%
Wichita State University1 -
Willamette University1 -75.00%
William & Mary9 -22.22%
Williams College5 +300.00%
Wittenberg University2 -
Wofford College2 -
Yale University7 -
Youngstown State University1 -