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CIP PROGRAM: 39.0401
Religious Education.

Summary: A program that focuses on the theory and practice of providing educational services to members of faith communities, within the context of a particular religion, and that prepares individuals to serve as religious educators. Includes instruction in planning and teaching lessons, organizing and supervising instructional activities, designing and developing instructional materials, and administering religious education programs and facilities.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

There are no occupations related specifically to this program.

National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 30 843 523
2021 15 692 506
2022 18 708 570
2023 8 683 458
2024 10 609 425
Change -73.33% -18.98% -12.43%

Related CIPs

39 THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS.
39.04 Religious Education.
39.0401 Religious Education.

Institutions granting degrees in Religious Education.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Allegheny Wesleyan College1 -100.00%
Asbury University3 +500.00%
Benedictine College10 -40.00%
Biola University11 -18.52%
Boise Bible College2 -100.00%
Bryan College-Dayton3 -57.14%
Campbellsville University2 -60.00%
Carolina College of Biblical Studies2 -
Cedarville University6 -52.63%
Central Christian College of the Bible2 +300.00%
Columbia International University2 -40.00%
Concordia University Texas6 -
Concordia University-Chicago5 -40.00%
Concordia University-Nebraska5 -47.37%
Crown College16 -41.38%
Dallas Baptist University15 -56.67%
Eastern Nazarene College1 -
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary2 -
Franciscan University of Steubenville26 -27.50%
Grace Christian University11 -40.00%
Grand Canyon University268 +13.58%
Huntsville Bible College5 +100.00%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion2 -40.00%
Lee University15 +116.67%
Lindsey Wilson College6 -29.41%
Marian University1 -
Messiah University11 -60.00%
Moody Bible Institute28 -65.98%
Morris College1 -100.00%
Mount Vernon Nazarene University20 +250.00%
Nazarene Bible College2 -
Northwestern College3 +66.67%
Southern Adventist University1 -25.00%
Toccoa Falls College11 +166.67%
Trinity International University-Florida3 -63.64%
Trinity International University-Illinois9 -64.00%
Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa3 -75.00%
Universidad Teologica del Caribe8 +50.00%
University of the Cumberlands28 +83.33%
Veritas Baptist College10 +125.00%
Wayland Baptist University1 -50.00%
Wheaton College18 -35.00%
Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka24 +82.35%