Ethnic Studies at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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

Cal Poly Pomona is located in Pomona, California and has a total student population of 30,014. In 2021, 28 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal Poly Pomona.

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 Pomona Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Cal Poly Pomona Ethnic Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Cal Poly Pomona 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 Schools	103
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	244

Earnings of Cal Poly Pomona Ethnic Studies Graduates

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly Pomona is $24,434. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $29,213 for all ethnic studies students.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Cal Poly Pomona

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

Cal Poly Pomona Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies from Cal Poly Pomona in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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 State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.