Online Religious Studies Degrees

Getting an online Religious Studies degree can prepare you for success in the business or academic worlds.  Religious Studies is the academic study of the world's largest religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and more.  Religious Studies is also sometimes called Comparative Religion because the focus of the degree is on understanding each religion by learning about the practices, belief structures, and theology of each one. The religions are then compared to provide a better understanding of the world and the role of faith in human society.  An online Religious Studies degree can help people learn more about the world and gives students a broader understanding of the perspective of people who are different from themselves.  Being able to work with and understand a wide range of people makes students with an online Religious Studies degree very valuable to employers.

Religious Studies Degree Options

Online Religious Studies Certificate

Online Religious Studies Associates Degree - An online Religious Studies Associates Degree gives students a basic overview of the Religious Studies curriculum. Students usually also take Philosophy classes that teach logic, problem solving, and critical thinking so that those tools can be applied to the study of religion.  An online Religious Studies Associates Degree is commonly used as a stepping stone to a Religious Studies Bachelors Degree.

Online Religious Studies Bachelors Degree - An online Religious Studies Bachelors Degree is the degree that most students get before they out into the corporate world.  A Religious Studies degree impresses potential employers because it shows them that the student has the ability to start a project and see it through. An online Religious Studies Bachelors Degree also tells potential employers that the student has valuable analytic and problem solving skills and knows how to process information and share it with others.

Online Religious Studies Master Degree - An online Religious Studies Master Degree is much more focused on one particular religion than the Religious Studies Bachelors Degree is. The Religious Studies Bachelors Degree often focuses on comparing religions, while the Religions Studies Masters Degree encourages students to focus on one particular religion and develop a much deeper understanding of the theology and practice of that religion.

Online Religious Studies Doctorate Degree - Getting an online Religious Studies Doctorate qualifies a student as an expert in a particular religion.  People who want to teach Religious Studies are often required to have a Religious Studies doctorate in order to teach at the college level.

Religious Studies Degree and Salary Information

Because an online Religious Studies degree can prepare students for so many different kinds of careers it's hard to pinpoint a starting salary based just on having a Religious Studies degree.  Students with any college degree are much more likely to get a job with a starting salary over $30,000 than students without a degree are.  Starting salary for academic jobs, such as teaching Religious Studies at the college level, depend on many factors like how many classes will be taught and where the college is located as well as how big the college is.

Online Colleges Offering Religious Studies Degrees

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University of Phoenix is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. .

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The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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American InterContinental University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

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The Art Institute Online is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).

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City University of Seattle (CityU) is incorporated in the state of Washington and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

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Colorado Technical University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Bachelor's and Master's degrees: Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges.

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Westwood College is currently nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) or the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).

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DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (NCA).

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Regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., a nongovernmental, nationally recognized organization whose affiliated institutions include elementary schools through collegiate institutions offering post-graduate instruction.

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Winston-Salem State College is accredited by SACS, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Western Governors University is the only university to have received simultaneous accreditation by four regional accrediting commissions. Currently, WGU’s "home" accrediting commission is the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, the same organization that accredits such leading institutions as the University of Washington, University of Oregon, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and other public and private colleges. WGU is also nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). WGU is the first online university to receive NCATE accreditation for its degree programs that lead to teacher licensure from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). WGU’s Health Informatics program is now accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). WGU’s Nursing programs are CCNE accredited.

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A.T Still University is regionally accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Regis University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.The MSN program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC).

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Utica College Online is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.The Graduate Physical Therapy Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), American Physical Therapy Association.The Graduate Occupational Therapy Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

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Upper Iowa University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission.

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Accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.

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The University of Saint Mary Online is accreditated by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

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