2025 Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia

Religious Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #72 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of religious studies. Combined, these schools handed out 704 bachelor's degrees in religious studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on religious studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other religious studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt religious studies students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized religious studies related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Religious Studies Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in religious studies.

Top Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Religion

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

609 Annual Graduates

$38,540 Median Starting Salary

$21,468 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in religious studies needs to check out Liberty University. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Those religious studies students who get their bachelor's degree from Liberty University earn $6,640 more than the typical religion graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in religious studies from Liberty University

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

30 Annual Graduates

$25,260 Median Starting Salary

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in religious studies. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the religion program earn an average of $25,260 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in religious studies from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Religious Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	118
Georgia	224	68
Tennessee	220	81
North Carolina	213	155
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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Religious Studies Related Rankings by Major

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	669
Other Religion/Religious Studies	20
Christian Studies	15

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	196
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	30

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos. More about our data sources and methodologies.