For students seeking their Ph.D. in Religion, the Graduate Program in Religion—part of the Duke Graduate School—offers a Ph.D. program. Although this program is not housed with the Department of Religious Studies, it is a collaboration between the Department and Duke Divinity School. The program includes the following 9 fields of study, also called tracks, in which students can concentrate their studies:
- American Religion
- Asian Religions
- Christian Theological Studies
- Early Christianity
- Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- Islamic Studies
- New Testament
- Religion, Aesthetics, and Society
- World Christianity