What Religion Majors Do After Denison

The question of what one can do with a major or minor in religion is answered by the careers of recent graduates. 

Some have sought advanced degrees in the study of religion, either with an academic focus or aimed at a career in a religious profession. The majority of our graduates, however, have sought careers in other fields. Some have gone to law school, business school or medical school. Some work for local social service agencies, with environmental organizations or as teachers. Some work for banks, advertising agencies or stock brokerage firms.

The one constant is that all of them report that the skills in critical thinking, writing and research that they developed as a religion major or minor have been a distinct asset in their careers.

The following are some examples of what Religion majors and minors are doing now in 2012:

• EA ’10                        law school
• GB ’06                        policy analyst for a NGO in Mumbai
• MC ’84                       investment banker
• LC ’05                        studying for a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Emory University
• SC ‘03                        working for organization that supports education, health and development among poor communities in Peru
• KBD ’79                     Professor of Religion, Goucher College
• MD ’72                       minister
• MD ’08                       Peace Corps in Mozambique
• DF ’01                        Coordinator of Buddhist Chaplaincy Program, University of the West
• JF ’97                          strategy and marketing analyst
• CH ’05                        seventh-grade teacher
• DH ’07                        attorney
• KH ’84                        hospital chaplain and attorney
• LH ’10                        financial services
• KH ’10                        studying for a M.Div. at Vanderbilt University
• WH ’03                       investment adviser
• MK ’96                       child psychologist
• AM ’10                       studying for a MSW at the University of Toledo
• RM ’89                       social worker
• WM ’91                      high school teacher
• NN ’06                       Attorney
• AP ’10                        investment adviser
• GP ’96                        associate professor of Religion at Austin Community College
• AR ’83                        hospital chaplain
• GR ’06                       Episcopal priest
• JR ’76                         Cleveland Arts Council
• KR ’00                       attorney
• RR ’03                        Catholic priest
• TR ’07                        studying for a Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary
• KS ’80                        publishing industry
• SS ’03                        Bread for the World
• ET ’05                        Coordinator of student programs, University of West Georgia
• PW ’86                       Minister