Ethnic Studies

Liberal Arts • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of North American racial and ethnic groups, including African Americans, American Indians/Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans.

Numbers at a glance

460th
Popular nationwide
344
Search Rank on O's List
23
Colleges offer it
167
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
37
Women
130
As a Minor

Ethnic Studies is relatively popular as a minor/second major with 57 people graduating with it as a minor in academic year 2018-19.

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
University of California-Berkeley40
University of Oregon17
University of California-Santa Cruz12
The University of Texas at Austin9
Minnesota State University-Mankato8
University of Colorado Denver7
University of Colorado Boulder7
Metropolitan State University7
Oregon State University4
Eastern Washington University3
Average public university graduating class: 10 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Brown University14
Santa Clara University9
Columbia University in the City of New York8
Mills College6
Colorado College5
Saint Mary's College of California3
St Olaf College2
New York University1
Albion College1
St Catherine University1
Average private university graduating class: 4 students.

O's Insights on Ethnic Studies

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
  • 69% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Women's Studies 1,383 238
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other 812 79
African-American/Black Studies 727 144
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies 143 22
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