| Kind of Religion | University of Madeira | University of Fortaleza | ||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Catholic | 134 | 59.6 | 184 | 48.4 |
| Evangelical | 2 | 0.9 | 21 | 5.5 |
| Spiritualist | - | 0.0 | 38 | 10.0 |
| Christian | - | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Judaism | - | 0.0 | 42 | 11.1 |
| Adventist | - | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Protestant | - | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Presbyterian | - | 0.0 | 6 | 1.6 |
| Messianic | - | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |