Ethnic Studies at Amherst College

If you are interested in studying ethnic studies, you may want to check out the program at Amherst College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,745. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Amherst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Ethnic Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Amherst Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at Amherst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ethnic Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Ethnic Studies Schools	12
	17
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	63
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175

Earnings of Amherst Ethnic Studies Graduates

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Amherst is $36,896. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 26% higher than the national average of $29,213 for all ethnic studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ethnic studies majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies from Amherst in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ethnic studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Amherst also has a doctoral program available in ethnic studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Area Studies

Careers That Ethnic Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethnic studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.