2024 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania
3Colleges in Pennsylvania
149Religion Degrees Awarded
A degree in religion/religious studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #189 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 149 degrees in religion/religious studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Religion/Religious Studies School
The religion program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Religion/Religious Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Religion/Religious Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Religion/Religious Studies Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Religion/Religious Studies in Pennsylvania
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the religion degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in religion/religious studies needs to check out University of Scranton. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Scranton. This university ranks 16th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 6 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Scranton in the most recent data year.
Cairn University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the suburb of Langhorne, Cairn is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 92nd out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 3 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Cairn in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).