There is a small but statistically significant positive association between religiosity and education—religiosity rises with education through college—and it only tails off at the PhD level, where the evidence suggests relatively irreligious people are drawn into PhD training rather than the training making people irreligious.
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Larry IannacconeEvidence Quote
“It tails off as you go on to graduate training, and especially PhD training. There is something about PhD training that seems to attract irreligious people.”
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