As far as I'm aware if applying for a job at hope they expect you to be a practising christian, I mean my dad works at JMU and he knows people who have been turned down for jobs because of their lack of religion which of course wasn't the official reason but it can be seen that way.
Same goes for Chester Uni
Students themselves aren't particularly religious! Well I'm sure some are but the majority will just be a mixture of everything and anything like most other universities, wouldn't let it influence your decision!