The main focus area for this major is Religion/Religious Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Religious Studies is a major offered under the philosophy and religious studies program of study at Baylor University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in religion, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Baylor was ranked #36 on College Factual's Best Schools for religion list. It is also ranked #2 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for Baylor.
Part-time undergraduates at Baylor paid an average of $1,856 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $44,544 | $44,544 |
Fees | $4,702 | $4,702 |
Books and Supplies | $1,284 | $1,284 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,274 | $13,274 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,276 | $3,276 |
Learn more about Baylor tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Baylor in Religion walked away with an average of $25,000 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $25,194.
Online degrees for the Baylor religion bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Baylor Online Learning page.
Women made up around 48.6% of the religion students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.0% of the religion bachelor’s degrees at Baylor in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 27 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Religious Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Religion/Religious Studies | 35 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to religious studies.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Philosophy | 12 |
View All Religious Studies Related Majors >
*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.