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Ethnic Studies at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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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. Of the 5,421 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo in 2021, 22 of them were ethnic studies majors.

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

86% Women
91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 ethnic studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in ethnic studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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