Careers in Religious Studies

Your degree in religious studies will help prepare you to work in many career areas.

Our majors pursue careers in:

• Church and missionary leadership
• Community leadership
• Law
• Non-profit organizations
• Chaplaincy
• Library sciences
• Music
• Journalism
• Medicine
• Social Work

Example job titles of graduates with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies:

• Ministry coordinator
• Education specialist
• Social services specialist
• Life coach
• Ministry services representative
• Congregation clerk
• Patient care technician
• School based therapist

Types of employers for religious studies graduates:

• Religious organizations
• Nonprofit organizations
• Social service and humanitarian agencies
• Medical facilities and organizations
• Government agencies and military services
• Educational Institutions
• Lutheran Family and Children's Services
• Media

Our graduates are employed at organizations such as:

• Bethpage Presbyterian Church
• John Knox Presbytery
• Philllips Theological Seminary
• First Presbyterian Church
• Korean Church of Lehigh Valley
• TEKSystems
• Andy Stenz Photography
• Carroll University