2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Religious Studies

RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Religious studies is not a super highly demanded major. On average, each major gives out close to 6,156 bachelor's degrees per year; 3,941 people last May completed a bachelor's degree in religious studies, making it the 97th most popular area of study across the nation. 795 of those degrees were awarded at a single college, Liberty University, and 916 of those undergrads came out of colleges from Virginia.

It can often be hard to track down the right program, as 640 schools nationally have an undergraduate degree in religious studies. In comparison to the typical course of study, there are 3.3 times as many colleges offering undergrad degrees in religious studies, making it the 30th most widely available degree in the nation.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last May, 79% of degrees in religious studies were undergraduate degrees; 21% were postgraduate degrees. Religious studies is the 120th most popular postgrad degree in the United States of America, with 1,066 degrees granted. For some context, religious studies is 62% less popular among postgrad students than the average subject.

In Total, 5,007 students received a bachelor's or higher in religious studies last spring.

ONLINE RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEGREES

877 of those 5,007 students (17.5%) did their learning remotely - 716 undergrad students and 161 postgrads. As you likely can see, in general, religious studies is a touch more popular than the average online major among undergrads. It is presently the 41st most popular online major with 48.7% more online students than the average subject. For postgrads, it is ranked 110th, and is 73.9% under the American average (616).

Liberty University​ awarded 557 online bachelor's degrees, more than any other American school. Last fall, 34,092 undergrads were attending the college completely remotely, 72% of their student body. They offer 30 exclusively online concentrations. That's 33% of their programs.

Further, Colleges from Virginia granted the most online four-year degrees in religious studies last May (558). Virginia alone accounts for 78% of the country's remote students.

18.2% of all bachelor's degrees in religious studies are completed remote, (15.1% for advanced degrees). 14.21% of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's​ last undergraduate class studied religious studies comprehensively online, higher than any other institution in America. 21 students in their 150 student class completed an online undergrad degree in religious studies. They offer 1 degrees remote, and had 157 enrolled online college students last fall. That's 14% of the student body.

51 institutions nationally award undergraduate degrees in an entirely remote program, making it the 30th most widely offered remote American degree. 8% of schools furnishing the degree even have a remote option, and private colleges handing out undergraduate degrees in religious studies outnumber public institutions 3.8 to 1. Texas has the most exclusively remote programs of any state, with 4 institutions to choose from.

If you want to study religious studies and are serious about online schools, you may want to look at Andrews University, as it has the 20th best religious studies program in the US. They also have an additional 20 degrees entirely remotely, so their systems are likely solid. Additionally, they have 161 remote undergrad students, which is 10% of the enrolled students.

PARTIALLY ONLINE RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEGREES

• 561 students received an undergrad degree in religious studies partially online last May
• Religious studies is the 37th most broadly available partially online bachelor's degree nationally
• 14.23% of all four-year degree in religious studies are done partially online
• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's​ last undergraduate class had the most dense population of partially online religious studies majors in the USA (11.5%)
• Arkansas houses 3 colleges offering undergraduate degrees partially online in religious studies, more than any other state
• The average subject awards 320 annual postgraduate degrees partially online

IN-PERSON RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEGREES

• 2,665 people earned bachelor's degrees in religious studies in-person last May
• Religious studies is the 13th most broadly available totally in-person bachelor's degree in the nation
• Last spring, 3,455 people received a bachelor's or higher in religious studies in-person
• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary​ granted 109 in-person four-year degrees in religious studies, more than any other American institution
• Last May, 790 students received entirely in-person postgrad degrees in religious studies
• On average, each area of study had around 4,293 fully in-person undergrad degrees last May