Belief in Heaven among college graduates by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among college graduates by belief in heaven

% of college graduates who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic84%11%5%1,788
Evangelical Protestant84%7%9%1,870
Historically Black Protestant94%5%1%289
Jewish31%57%12%294
Mainline Protestant74%17%9%1,673
Mormon95%2%3%212
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")21%70%9%2,071
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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