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2024 Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

3 Colleges in North Carolina
155 Bachelor's Degrees
$28,569 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in religious studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #72 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 155 bachelor's degrees in religious studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Religious Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina The religion bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality religion program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for religious studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Religious Studies in North Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in religious studies.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Religion

1
21 Annual Graduates
$29,606 Median Starting Salary
$12,550 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in religious studies. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the religion program state that they receive average early career wages of $29,606.

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2
26 Annual Graduates
$35,673 Median Starting Salary
$24,621 Median Student Debt

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in religious studies. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public university located in the city of Charlotte.

Those religious studies students who get their bachelor's degree from University of North Carolina at Charlotte make $7,104 more than the average religion graduate.

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Gardner - Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in religious studies. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.

After graduation, religion bachelor's recipients generally earn an average of $20,427 in their early careers.

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Best Religious Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Religious Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 225 118
Georgia 224 68
Tennessee 220 81
Virginia 213 837
South Carolina 195 89
Kentucky 187 27
Alabama 184 54
Louisiana 171 14
Mississippi 169 16
Arkansas 167 23
West Virginia 147 31

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One of 3 majors within the Philosophy & Religious Studies area of study, Religious Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Religion Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Religion/Religious Studies 137
Christian Studies 18

Majors Similar to Religion

Related Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 256
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 30
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 4

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