What do religion majors do after majoring in religion? 

They do the same things that other humanities majors do, in roughly the same proportions. Many go to medical school, law school, or business school. Others go into careers such advertising, journalism, politics, teaching, foreign affairs, publishing and creative writing. A handful of them pursue advanced degrees in the study of religion or a neighboring discipline. A small number enter religious vocations. Majoring in religion is not, for most students, a route to a religious career, any more than majoring in English typically puts someone on a path toward becoming a novelist, a poet, or a literary critic. Like other forms of humanistic discipline, it does, however, have a tendency to broaden and deepen a student’s understanding of the world and to sharpen his or her mind.

We see the diversity of our majors’ interests and the many paths they choose after graduation as evidence that the major in religion teaches skills of thinking, communicating and understanding.

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