2025 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
337Religion Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #189 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 337 degrees in religion/religious studies annually.
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. We derive our Best Overall Religion/Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 the Far Western US Region 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 the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the religion degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat University of California - Santa Barbara if you wish to pursue a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #47 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat California State University - Long Beach if you wish to pursue a degree in religion/religious studies. CSULB is a very large public university located in the large city of Long Beach. This university ranks 36th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 11 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of California - Davis if you want to pursue a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 11 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Faith International University if you want to pursue a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma, Faith is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 18 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Faith in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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. We derive our Best Overall Religion/Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
