If you plan on majoring in religious studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #90 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Religious Studies Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 163 degrees in religious studies annually.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religious Studies Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of religion degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat University of St Thomas Minnesota if you want to pursue a degree in religious studies. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul.
Soon after graduation, religion degree recipients generally earn an average of $27,496 in their early careers.
St Olaf College is a great decision for students interested in a degree in religious studies. Located in the town of Northfield, St. Olaf is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Degree recipients from the religious studies program at St Olaf College earn $4,940 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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).