Religious Workers Career

Vocational Programs for Religious Workers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
92K	$29.23	$60,800

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.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Religious Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Thanatology	2	-	-	-	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	63	-	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	17	-	-	-	-
Church Planting	2	-	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology, Other	1	-	-	-	-
Religious Education	12	-	-	-	-
Worship Ministry	1	-	-	-	-
Religious Music and Worship, Other	1	-	-	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	21	-	-	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	12	-	-	-	-
Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies	10	-	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	12	-	-	-	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	11	-	-	-	-
Youth Ministry	6	-	-	-	-
Urban Ministry	2	-	-	-	-
Women's Ministry	3	-	-	-	-
Lay Ministry	15	-	-	-	-
Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies	1	-	-	-	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	11	-	-	-	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	5	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Religious Workers

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Thanatology

Bible/Biblical Studies

Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology

Church Planting

Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology, Other

Religious Education

Worship Ministry

Religious Music and Worship, Other

Theology/Theological Studies

Divinity/Ministry

Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies

Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)

Pastoral Studies/Counseling

Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies

Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)

Bioethics/Medical Ethics

Schools offering voational programs for Religious Workers

The following 139 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Religious Workers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.