Religious Studies Schools and Programs in The United States

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, The United States

Alaska Pacific University (APU) is a university in Anchorage, Alaska, in the United States. It describes itself as an Alaska Native University: its teaching is grounded in Alaska Native knowledge and community and recognises traditional ways of knowing as forms of…

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, The United States

Albertus Magnus College is a Catholic college in New Haven, Connecticut, founded by the Dominican Sisters of Peace. It provides a liberal arts-based education on a 50-acre campus at 700 Prospect Street, and students of all faiths and none are welcome. Its traditional…

Amarillo College

Amarillo, The United States

Amarillo college was established in 1929 as Amarillo Junior College, and currently operates as a two-year community college in Amarillo, Texas.

Anderson University

Anderson, The United States

Anderson University (AU) is a private Christian university in Anderson, Indiana, in the United States. It is rooted in the Church of God (Anderson) movement and is an Endorsed Agency of the Church of God. Its stated mission is to "educate for a life of faith and service in…

Arcadia University

Glenside, The United States

Arcadia University is a university in Glenside, Pennsylvania, in the United States, with its campus at 450 South Easton Road. It lists 223 majors and programmes at undergraduate and graduate level, on campus and online, in units such as the College of Arts and Sciences and…

Arizona State University, American English and Culture Program

Tempe, The United States

Arizona State University (ASU) is a public educational institution, premier research center and a leader in innovation. The American English and Culture Program (AECP) within the university was established in 1974, since when it has been dedicated to providing…

Ashland University

Ashland, The United States

Ashland University (AU) is a private, comprehensive university in Ashland, Ohio, located between Cleveland and Columbus and guided by its Christian heritage. It was founded in 1878 as Ashland College and took its current name in 1989. More than 7,500 undergraduate and…

Avila University

Kansas City, The United States

Avila University is a Catholic university in Kansas City, Missouri, founded and inspired by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. It offers undergraduate and graduate education in the liberal arts and professional studies on a 50-acre campus in a quiet suburb of South…

Baker University

Baldwin City, The United States

Baker University is a private university in Baldwin City, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1858, it describes itself as the first university in Kansas, and it has kept its affiliation with the United Methodist Church since its founding. The university is organised into four…

Bergen Community College

Paramus, The United States

Bergen Community College is a two-year community college in Paramus, New Jersey, a few minutes from New York City. It was established by Bergen County in 1963 and opened in 1968, and describes itself as the largest community college in the State of New Jersey. Classes take…

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, The United States

Bismarck State College is a community college in Bismarck, the capital city of North Dakota, USA. The school was founded in 1939 and offers two-year and four-year degree options. The types of educational offers include the following: transfer - first and second year of…

Boston University

Boston, The United States

Boston University (BU) is a university in Boston, Massachusetts, that has been educating students for more than 150 years. It has over 38,000 students from more than 140 countries and over 11,000 faculty and staff, spread across three campuses, including the Charles River…

Breyer State University

Los Angeles, The United States

Breyer State University is a private, distance-learning institution, which was initially founded in Birmingham, Alabama. It is an unaccredited school, which as of September, 2010 lists an address in Los Angeles, California. Breyer State delivers bachelor’s, master’s…

Broward College

Fort Lauderdale, The United States

Broward College, formerly Broward Community College, is a public college serving Broward County and South Florida in the United States. It opened on 6 September 1960 as the Junior College of Broward County and became Broward College when it added bachelor's programmes; its…

Brown University

Providence, The United States

Brown University is a private, nonprofit research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764. Undergraduate study is built on the Open Curriculum, a flexible approach that lets students choose what they study, and the university sponsors fellowships and grants…

Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, The United States

Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college, operating in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, ten miles away of Philadelphia. The phrase bryn mawr means 'big hill' in Welsh. The school is known to be a small, four year, highly residential baccalaureate…

Butler University

Indianapolis, The United States

Butler University is a university in the heart of Indianapolis, Indiana, founded in 1855. It offers undergraduate majors and minors as well as graduate and professional programmes, with small classes and an emphasis on hands-on learning. Service learning and community…

Calvin College

Grand Rapids, The United States

Calvin College is a liberal arts college established in 1876. The school is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its values and principles are formed around the Reformed tradition of Protestantism. Calvin offers majors and minors in 115 academic or pre-professional fields, with…

Chaminade University of Honolulu

Honolulu, The United States

Chaminade University of Honolulu is a Catholic university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It was founded in 1955 by five Marianists and describes itself as the only Catholic university in Hawaii and one of three Marianist higher-education institutions in the…

Christian Brothers University

Memphis, The United States

Christian Brothers University is a US university, established in 1871. This makes it the oldest degree-granting institution in the city of Memphis. The university is governed by the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious order. The school became co-educational in…

City College at MSU Billings

Billings, The United States

City College at Montana State University Billings (City College at MSU Billings) is the two-year college of Montana State University Billings, in Billings, Montana. It goes back to 1969, when the Montana State Legislature created the Billings Vocational-Technical Education…

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, The United States

Colorado College (CC) is a selective liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with just over 2,000 students on a campus of about 90 acres. The campus is a short walk from downtown Colorado Springs and about an hour's drive from Denver. CC follows the Block Plan…

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, The United States

Colorado State University (CSU) is a public research university in Fort Collins, in Northern Colorado, about an hour north of Denver. It is the flagship institution of the Colorado State University System and the state's land-grant university. Total enrolment in the 2025-26…

Concordia Language Villages

Moorhead, The United States

Concordia Language Villages is a language and cultural immersion programme run by Concordia College, a private liberal arts college in Moorhead, Minnesota. It began in 1961 as a two-week German programme for 72 children and today offers language and cultural programmes in 14…

Dartmouth College

Hanover, The United States

Dartmouth College is a university in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States, founded in 1769. It has more than 4,000 undergraduates and a 269-acre main campus in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. Its core is a liberal arts college with over 40 departments and…

Drew University

Madison, The United States

Drew University is a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts university in Madison, New Jersey, a small town about 50 minutes by train from New York City. It was established in 1867 as a Methodist seminary and today has three schools: the College of Liberal Arts, Drew Theological School…

Duke University

Durham, The United States

Duke University is a university in Durham, North Carolina, in the United States. It was established in Durham in 1924, when Trinity College became Duke University, and celebrated its centenary in 2024. The university has about 10,200 graduate and professional students and…

East Carolina University

Greenville, The United States

East Carolina University came into existence in 1907 as a public research university at Greenville, North Carolina, United States. ECU offers more than 200 programs, catering bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and certificate students. ECU comprises of 9 undergraduate academic…

East Central College

Union, The United States

East Central College (ECC) is a community college in Union, Missouri, in the United States. It was created and is locally supported by the residents of its college district. The main campus in Union lies west of St. Louis County and draws students from across east-central…

Fairfield University

Fairfield, The United States

Fairfield University is a Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1942, with its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, near the shore of Long Island Sound. It is one of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. The university also runs the Bellarmine Campus in…

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, The United States

Ferris State University is a mid-sized, four-year public university whose main campus is in Big Rapids, Michigan. It was founded in 1884 by Woodbridge and Helen Ferris as the privately owned Big Rapids Industrial School, became a state institution in 1950 and a state…

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, The United States

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is a public university in southeast Florida. It was established in 1961 and opened in 1964 as the fifth public university in the state. More than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students study on six campuses along the coast: Boca Raton…

Florida State University

Tallahassee, The United States

Florida State University is located in Florida, USA. The school offers top undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programs in the fields of physics, chemistry, psychology, sociology, political science, criminology and many more. They also have professional schools such…

Fordham University

New York, The United States

Fordham University is a Jesuit, Catholic university in New York City, founded in 1841. It has residential campuses in the Bronx (Rose Hill) and Manhattan (Lincoln Center), as well as campuses in Westchester and London. The university has about 17,000 students and an…

Fort Lewis College

Durango, The United States

Fort Lewis College (FLC) is a public liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado, and the only four-year institution in the Four Corners region of the south-western United States. Its 247-acre campus lies at 6,872 feet. Over more than a century the institution has gone from…

Harvard University

Cambridge, The United States

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was founded on 28 October 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, as the first college in the American colonies. Its endowment began with John Harvard's donation of 400 books and half his…

Hesston College

Hesston, The United States

Hesston College is a Christian liberal arts college in Hesston, Kansas, about 30 minutes north of Wichita. It offers several bachelor's degree programmes as well as associate degrees, with small classes and practical, real-world learning built into its programmes. The college…

Hofstra University

Hempstead, The United States

Hofstra University is a university with a residential campus about 25 miles (40 km) from Manhattan, New York. It is organised into 13 schools and colleges, has a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)…

Hope College

Holland, The United States

Hope College is a four-year Christian liberal arts college in downtown Holland, Michigan, a few miles from Lake Michigan. Its first students enrolled in 1862, and it was founded in partnership with the Reformed Church in America; students of all faiths or none are welcome…

Illinois State University

Normal, The United States

Illinois State University is a public university in Normal, Illinois, in the United States. Established in 1857, it describes itself as the oldest public university in Illinois. It was originally called Illinois State Normal University, "normal" being a term for a…

Ithaca College

Ithaca, The United States

Ithaca College is a private institution founded in 1892 as a music conservatory. It is located in the South Hill of Ithaca, New York, but is known internationally for its communications program, provided by the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Four other schools offer…

Kean University

Union, The United States

Kean University is a public research university based in Union, New Jersey, United States, a few minutes from New York City. It was founded in 1855 as a teachers college and is now classified as an R2 research university. It enrols more than 19,000 undergraduate and graduate…

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, The United States

Kirkwood Community College is a community college based in Cedar Rapids, eastern Iowa, with its main campus at 6301 Kirkwood Boulevard SW and further regional and county centres across the region. It has served students in eastern Iowa for more than half a century. Two-year…

Lansing Community College

Lansing, The United States

Lansing Community College (LCC) is a community college in Lansing, Michigan, founded in 1957. From its main campus in downtown Lansing it has grown to six locations in the mid-Michigan area, including sites in Delta Township, East Lansing and Mason, and the college states…

Laramie County Community College

Cheyenne, The United States

Laramie County Community College (LCCC) is a community college in Wyoming, United States, established in 1968. Its main campus in Cheyenne covers 271 acres with 22 buildings, and it also has a campus in Laramie and an outreach centre in Pine Bluffs. The college is accredited…

Mars Hill University

Mars Hill, The United States

Mars Hill University, known as Mars Hill College until August 2013, is a private four-year liberal arts university in the town of Mars Hill, in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina, north of Asheville. It was founded in 1856 by Baptist families of the region and…

Miami University of Ohio

Oxford, The United States

Miami University is a public research university founded in 1809, with its main campus in Oxford, Ohio. It also has polytechnic campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning centre in West Chester, the Dolibois European Center in Luxembourg and a fully online option, Miami…

Middlebury College

Middlebury, The United States

Middlebury College is a liberal arts college, located in Vermont, USA. It is proud with the two centuries of history it has behind its back, its traditions in liberal arts, and its dynamic residential community. The institution also offers graduate and specialized programs…

Morehead State University

Morehead, The United States

Morehead State University (MSU) is a public regional university in Morehead, Kentucky, in the United States. It began in 1887 as Morehead Normal School and became a university in 1966. Today it teaches on four campuses (Morehead, Ashland, Mt. Sterling and Prestonsburg) as…

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, The United States

Mount Mercy University (MMU) is a Catholic university in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rooted in the heritage of the Sisters of Mercy and founded in 1928. Its main campus is at 1330 Elmhurst Drive NE, in a residential neighbourhood on the city's northeast side, and the university also…

Mount St. Joseph University

Cincinnati, The United States

Mount St. Joseph University (formerly the College of Mount St. Joseph) is a Catholic university in Delhi Township, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, with a campus overlooking the Ohio River. It was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati and opened in 1920 as the first…

New York University

New York, The United States

New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States, founded in 1831. It has 20 schools and colleges and, besides its New York campus, degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and Shanghai (China). The university…

New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies

New York, The United States

The New York University (NYU) School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers its students a high-class professional education. Some of the common undergraduate degrees in professional fields include Digital Media, Real Estate, Business, Health Management, and Hotel and…

Northeastern University

Boston, The United States

Northeastern University is a global research university founded in 1898 in Boston, Massachusetts, where its first and main campus is located. It is known for its experiential learning model, which combines study with real-world experience. Today it describes itself as a…

Northwestern University

Evanston, The United States

Northwestern University is a research university whose main campus lies on the shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, 12 miles north of Chicago, Illinois, on land its founders bought in 1853. It has additional campuses in Chicago and in Doha, Qatar. The university has 12 schools…

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, The United States

Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is a residential liberal arts university in Delaware, Ohio, about 30 minutes from Columbus in the United States. The university is more than 175 years old, and ten sites on its 200-acre campus are listed on the National Register of Historic…

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, The United States

Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) is a Christian liberal arts university founded in 1910, based on the 226-acre Bison Hill campus in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It has more than 1,500 students, a student-to-faculty ratio of 15:1 and an average class size of 16. Faith is part of campus…

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, The United States

Old Dominion University was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of The College of William and Mary, and became independent in 1962. It is a public research university, located in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The institution is known to be one of the largest US providers of…

Pitzer College

Claremont, The United States

Pitzer College was established in 1963, as the sixth institution of The Claremont Colleges. It is a liberal arts college, focusing on majors like Africana Studies, American Studies, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, Gender and Feminist Studies, History…

Purdue University

West Lafayette, The United States

Purdue University is a public land-grant university with its main campus at 610 Purdue Mall in West Lafayette, Indiana, and a second campus in Indianapolis. Its roots go back to the Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862, and it has more than 150 years of history. According…

Regis College

Weston, The United States

Regis College is a private, non-profit, co-educational college in Weston, Massachusetts, 12 miles west of Boston. It was founded in 1927 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston and is rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition. According to the college, it has about 2,700…

Regis University

Denver, The United States

Regis University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Denver, Colorado, founded in 1877. Its education is based on the Jesuit principle of cura personalis, care for the whole person, and is open to students of all faiths and backgrounds. The main Denver campus, at the…

Richard Bland College

South Prince George, The United States

Richard Bland College (RBC) is a two-year college in Virginia, in the United States, with its campus at 11301 Johnson Road, South Prince George. It offers a liberal arts education in the tradition of William & Mary and awards associate degrees that cover the first two years…

Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia

Philadelphia, The United States

Saint Joseph's University is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, guided by the Jesuit educational tradition since 1851. Its 125-acre main campus, Hawk Hill, lies along City Avenue on the western edge of Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township. The…

Saint Mary’s College of California

Moraga, The United States

Saint Mary’s College of California (SMC) is an independent Catholic college in Moraga, in the hills of the San Francisco Bay Area, 23 miles east of San Francisco. It is run in the Lasallian tradition of the Christian Brothers and receives no operating support from public…

San Diego State University

San Diego, The United States

San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California, and one of 23 universities in the California State University (CSU) system. SDSU describes itself as an R1 institution and states that it has been rooted in the San Diego region for…

Shelton State in Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, The United States

Shelton State Community College (SSCC) is a two-year community college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the United States. It belongs to Alabama's state system of public colleges and is one of six HBCU (historically Black) community colleges in the state. It has two campuses in…

Spelman College

Atlanta, The United States

Spelman College is a historically Black college for women in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1881. Its mission centres on the liberal arts and sciences and on the education of women of African descent. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and…

Stanford University

Stanford, The United States

Stanford University is a research university in Stanford, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. It was founded in 1885 by California Senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane. Its seven schools share a single campus: School of Humanities and Sciences…

Suffolk University

Boston, The United States

Suffolk University is a private university founded in 1906, with its campus in the heart of downtown Boston. It offers undergraduate, graduate and law degree programmes, with flexible options such as part-time and evening schedules, certificates for working professionals and…

SUNY Buffalo State University

Buffalo, The United States

Buffalo State University (SUNY Buffalo State University) is a comprehensive public university in Buffalo, New York, and part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It was founded in 1871 and is known for teacher education and for its arts and professional studies…

SUNY, The State University of New York

Albany, The United States

SUNY is a system of public universities in New York, USA. It was established in 1948, and represents the largest system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world. Overall, it has 64 campuses around the state, including four University Centers…

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, The United States

Susquehanna University is a liberal arts college in the small town of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, in the United States, near the Susquehanna River and about one hour from Harrisburg and three hours from New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. It has about…

Temple University

Philadelphia, The United States

Temple University is a public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was founded as a night school by Russell Conwell in 1884 and today has more than 33,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Temple is classified as an R1…

The Pennsylvania State University, Penn State

University Park, The United States

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is the largest public university in Pennsylvania and the state's only land-grant institution. Its main campus is at University Park, and it also teaches at other campuses across Pennsylvania and online through Penn State World…

The University of California at Berkeley

Berkeley, The United States

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a public research university in Berkeley, California, and part of the University of California, which was founded in 1868. It offers more than 300 degree programmes across 15 schools and colleges, with 184 academic…

The University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, The United States

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a campus of the University of California (UC) system in Los Angeles. Its undergraduate admission office accepts applications from first-year students, transfer students and international students, all through the common UC…

The University of Chicago

Chicago, The United States

The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a research university in the Hyde Park neighbourhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, with its main address at 5801 S. Ellis Avenue. It has existed for more than 125 years. Undergraduate education takes place in the College…

UMBC - The University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Baltimore, The United States

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is an American public research university, which was founded in 1966, as part of the University System of Maryland. The university has established a focus on the natural sciences and engineering, but also provides programs in the…

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, The United States

The University of Bridgeport (UB) is a university in Bridgeport, Connecticut, founded in 1927. Its main campus covers 56 acres on Long Island Sound and houses 14 schools, colleges and institutes and seven residence halls. Students come from more than 80 countries, and the…

University of California San Diego

La Jolla, The United States

The University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) is a public research university in La Jolla, California, and part of the University of California (UC) system. Its campus covers 1,200 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and total enrolment was 45,087 students as of fall…

University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, The United States

The University of California, Santa Barbara is an institution of great international prestige. It welcomes students from almost 70 countries by a number of around 1,200.

University of California, Davis

Davis, The United States

The University of California, Davis welcomes about 1,400 international students from different countries. It is a public institution and is considered one of the most prestigious in the world.

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, The United States

The University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) is a public research university in Irvine, Orange County, in Southern California, founded in 1965. More than 36,000 students were enrolled in 2024-25. According to U.S. News & World Report, UC Irvine has been ranked among the…

University of Colorado

Denver, The United States

The University of Colorado is perceived as a leader in both research and higher education in the Rocky Mountain region in the USA. Its grounds were laid in Boulder, in 1876, since when the institution has grown to encompass four campuses, one of which includes the newest…

University of Colorado at Boulder

Boulder, The United States

The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, whose history goes back to 1876. It is the state's flagship university and one of 38 U.S. public research institutions in the Association of American Universities (AAU)…

University of Colorado at Denver

Denver, The United States

The University of Colorado at Denver is a prestigious University in the USA. Its academic offer is more than 130 programs of study in 13 schools and colleges.

University of Dayton

Dayton, The United States

The University of Dayton (UD) is a Catholic, Marianist university in Dayton, Ohio, United States, located at 300 College Park. It has 9,051 undergraduate, graduate and law students. Teaching is organised in five academic units: College of Arts and Sciences School of Business…

University of Florida

Gainesville, The United States

The University of Florida (UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. Its roots go back to 19th-century predecessors such as the East Florida Seminary (from 1853) and the Florida Agricultural College; the present university took shape after the…

University of Miami

Miami , The United States

The University of Miami (UM) is a private research university based on a 239-acre campus in Coral Gables, Florida, in the Miami area of the United States. It was established in 1925, when Coral Gables founder George E. Merrick gave 160 acres and nearly $5 million to start it…

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, The United States

The University of Minnesota is a prestigious institution, founded in 1851, and considered among the best in the world.

University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Pembroke, The United States

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNC Pembroke, UNCP) is a public university in Pembroke, North Carolina, part of the UNC System, located between the state's beaches and the Sandhills. It was founded in 1887 to serve American Indian students. Today it has more…

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Wilmington, The United States

The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) is a public doctoral university in Wilmington, on the coast of North Carolina, and one of 17 institutions in the UNC System. Its 650-acre campus is a few minutes from the beach. In its 79th year, UNCW enrolled more than…

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, The United States

The University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1750. It welcomes about 10,000 students, who come from USA and other countries of the world. It has a great reputation and is considered one of the best in the world.

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, The United States

The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public research university in Pennsylvania with more than 230 years of history. It is a member of the Association of American Universities. Its main campus is in Pittsburgh, where the 42-storey Cathedral of Learning stands at the…

University of Scranton

Scranton, The United States

The University of Scranton is a Catholic and Jesuit university in Scranton, in the Pocono Northeast region of Pennsylvania, about two hours' drive from New York City and Philadelphia. It was founded in 1888 as Saint Thomas College, became a university in 1938 and was…

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, The United States

Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1873. Its main campus covers 340.7 acres just over a mile from downtown Nashville and is an accredited arboretum. The National Science Foundation places it among the top 25 private…

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, The United States