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Religious Studies at George Washington University

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Religious Studies at George Washington University

If you are interested in studying religious studies, you may want to check out the program at George Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received their master's degree in religion.

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.

GWU Religious Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Religion

GWU Religious Studies Rankings

Religion Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at George Washington University.

GWU Religious Studies Master’s Program

67% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The religion program at GWU awarded 12 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

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Of the students who received a religion master's degree from GWU, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in religion.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Philosophy and Religion Professors 530 $84,880

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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