Vocational Programs for Religious Workers Career

The average annual wage of the occupations is $60,800 and $29 per hour. 20 vocational programs could be taken for the Religious Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 91,770 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Religious Workers Career

The following 20 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Religious Workers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Religious Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Thanatology	2	-	-	-	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	86	$23,925	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	21	$25,251	-	-	-
Church Planting	2	$14,930	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology, Other	2	-	-	-	-
Religious Education	13	$25,980	-	-	-
Worship Ministry	1	$24,571	-	-	-
Religious Music and Worship, Other	1	$33,662	-	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	30	$31,164	-	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	13	$23,976	-	-	-
Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies	12	$29,888	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	16	$23,991	-	-	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	15	$22,467	-	-	-
Youth Ministry	7	$27,839	-	-	-
Urban Ministry	2	$28,766	-	-	-
Women's Ministry	4	$26,908	-	-	-
Lay Ministry	17	$28,194	-	-	-
Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies	1	$9,840	-	-	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	12	$25,016	-	-	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	7	$55,518	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Religious Workers Career

The following 26 occupations are related to Religious Workers.

Related Occupations toReligious Workers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Legislators	32,460	$68,140	$0
Training and Development Managers	41,540	$138,450	$67
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	64,090	$61,320	$29
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	303K	$111,020	$0
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	167K	$122,010	$59
Social and Community Service Managers	174K	$83,400	$40
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	328K	$66,990	$32
Marriage and Family Therapists	63,340	$68,730	$33
Rehabilitation Counselors	84,750	$48,430	$23
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	352K	$59,190	$28
Healthcare Social Workers	185K	$67,430	$32
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	115K	$63,870	$31
Health Education Specialists	57,800	$69,790	$34
Social and Human Service Assistants	409K	$44,240	$21
Community Health Workers	58,550	$52,610	$25
Clergy	56,640	$63,720	$31
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	23,270	$61,740	$30
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	12,870	$97,580	$0
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60,860	$80,750	$0
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	11,730	$80,840	$0
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	28,520	$90,950	$0
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	20,320	$89,680	$0
Instructional Coordinators	207K	$77,200	$37
Recreation Workers	282K	$36,270	$17
Residential Advisors	88,700	$40,200	$19

Schools offering vocational programs for Religious Workers

The following 147 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Religious Workers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.