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CIP 38.0201 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Religion/Religious Studies.

A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptural and textual studies; religious history and politics; and specific studies of particular faith communities and their behavior.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Religion/Religious Studies award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 38.0201. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years218
2025Associate degree1348
2025Bachelor degree3151,622
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate830
2025Master degree69334
2025Post-master certificate24
2025Doctorate — research39172
2025Doctorate — professional practice22
2025Doctorate — other37
2025Certificate under 12 weeks12
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1048
2024Certificate 1–2 years320
2024Associate degree1351
2024Bachelor degree3251,551
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate618
2024Master degree74329
2024Post-master certificate27
2024Doctorate — research38174
2024Doctorate — professional practice12
2024Doctorate — other111
2024Certificate under 12 weeks11
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year932
2023Certificate 1–2 years117
2023Associate degree1484
2023Bachelor degree3371,793
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate37
2023Master degree77350
2023Post-master certificate410
2023Doctorate — research34187
2023Doctorate — professional practice12
2023Doctorate — other310
2023Certificate under 12 weeks11
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year938
2022Certificate 1–2 years29
2022Associate degree1394
2022Bachelor degree3691,986
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate614
2022Master degree75441
2022Post-master certificate27
2022Doctorate — research37173
2022Doctorate — professional practice13
2022Doctorate — other14
2022Certificate under 12 weeks11
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year923
2021Certificate 1–2 years426
2021Associate degree11102
2021Bachelor degree3922,241
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate817
2021Master degree86424
2021Post-master certificate36
2021Doctorate — research36174
2021Doctorate — other17
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year735
2020Certificate 1–2 years518
2020Associate degree14113
2020Bachelor degree4172,351
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate817
2020Master degree87439
2020Post-master certificate311
2020Doctorate — research37189
2020Doctorate — other221
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year622

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 38.0201 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 38 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

586 institutions

IN · Four-year

Oakland City University ↗

Oakland City, IN · Private nonprofit

Certificate 1–2 years: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2020.

Associate degree: 2 first-major awards · year ending 2024.

Bachelor degree: 2 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Doctorate — professional practice: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

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Related fields

Philosophy and Religious Studies, General. ↗

Philosophy. ↗

Logic. ↗

Ethics. ↗

Applied and Professional Ethics. ↗

Philosophy, Other. ↗