Graduate Studies
Many religious studies majors enroll in graduate school upon graduation from Elon. Below, you can find a list of institutions where majors have been accepted in recent years. There are many other options available, of course; you are encouraged to look at a wide range of schools to find the right one for you.
Graduate Programs in Religion/Religious Studies
For those students interested in continuing in the academic study of religion there are a number of schools to consider. The following schools offer Master of Arts and/ or Doctoral (Ph.D.) programs. Some of the latter require a masters degree before application, while some allow you to work on both degrees together.
- Duke University (Durham, NC)
- Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
- University of Indiana, Bloomington
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
- Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Divinity/ Theology School
Divinity schools, seminaries and theology schools are institutions typically associated with a particular religious domination or branch of a religious tradition and historically have been designed for training individuals to fill religious professions by offering Masters of Divinity or equivalent degrees. Some of these schools also are committed to preparing students for further academic work in the area of religious studies, offering Masters of Theological Studies of Master of Arts programs. Such schools include:
- Candler School of Theology (Atlanta, Ga)
- Drew Theological School (Madison, NJ)
- Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC)
- Hebrew Union College (New York, NY/Cincinnati, OH/Los Angeles, CA)
- Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, NY)
- Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ)
- Union Theological Seminary (New York, NY)
- Vanderbilt Divinity School (Nashville, TN)
- Yale Divinity School (New Haven, CT)
Law School
The critical thinking skills and commitments developed by many religious studies majors sometimes lead them into the field of Law.
- American University, Washington College of Laws
- Elon University School of Law (Greensboro, NC)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Social Work
Some students have used the skills they’ve developed in religious studies to go into the field of social work.
- University of Michigan School of Social Work (Ann Arbor, MI)