Georgia·Community and Social Service Occupations·SOC 21-2099

Best Religious Worker, All Other programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

All religious workers not listed.

5 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 42 people a year. The job pays a median of $49,200 in Georgia across about 630 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
42
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$49,200
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
630
people employed
Schools
5
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
47%
across those schools
Median net price
$20,586
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

3 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 39.0701In Georgia
28
66.7%
3$32,226$26,000
2
CIP 39.0699In Georgia
13
31.0%
2$32,202$25,375
3
CIP 39.0799In Georgia
1
2.4%
1$32,226$26,000

Top 5 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 5 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Luther Rice College & Seminary
Lithonia, GA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
29Pastoral Studies/Counseling$3,93592%
2Point University
West Point, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
6Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other34%$20,98044%
3Emmanuel University
Franklin Springs, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
4Pastoral Studies/Counseling42%$19,20474%
4Brewton - Parker Christian University
Mount Vernon, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Pastoral Studies/Counseling21%$22,62896%
5Emory University
Atlanta, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other91%$20,58611%

All 5 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Luther Rice College & SeminaryLithoniaPrivate not-for-profit292
Point UniversityWest PointPrivate not-for-profit61
Emmanuel UniversityFranklin SpringsPrivate not-for-profit41
Brewton - Parker Christian UniversityMount VernonPrivate not-for-profit21
Emory UniversityAtlantaPrivate not-for-profit11

What religious workers, all other earn in Georgia

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Georgia
$49,200
Mean annual
$52,700
Jobs in state
630
What the range looks like
10th pct$30,530Median$49,20090th pct$69,390
Versus the national median
+8.7%

U.S. median $45,280. Georgia pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.27×

Concentrated here: Georgia employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Georgia

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$51,550median
470 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+0.6%
Little or no change
Openings per year
11,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
600
88,400 → 89,000
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Religious Workers, All Other page.

How to become a Religious Worker, All Other

Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 13 majors mapped to Religious Workers, All Other11 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 30.2502Contemplative Studies/Inquiry
  • 30.5301Thanatology
  • 39.0302Church Planting
  • 39.0399Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 39.0599Religious Music and Worship, Other
  • 39.0699Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other
  • 39.0701Pastoral Studies/Counseling
  • 39.0703Urban Ministry
  • 39.0704Women's Ministry
  • 39.0705Lay Ministry
  • 39.0706Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies
  • 39.0799Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other
  • 39.0802Religious/Canon Law(no graduates reported)

Common questions

Answers for people weighing religious workers, all other programs in Georgia.

What degree do you need to become a Religious Worker, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Pastoral Studies/Counseling, which awarded 28 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 66.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Religious Worker, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Theological and Ministerial Studies. Together they graduate about 42 people a year in Georgia.

How much do religious workers, all other earn in Georgia?+

The median is $49,200 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 8.7% above the U.S. median of $45,280. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for religious workers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +0.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 11,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Georgia?+

5 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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