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Ethnic Studies at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Ethnic Studies at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you plan to study ethnic studies, take a look at what California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 22,440.

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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ethnic studies majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

If you plan to be a ethnic studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other 22

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 CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators 9,310 $58,180
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 1,280 $96,200

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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