Ethnic Studies at California State University - East Bay

If you are interested in studying ethnic studies, you may want to check out the program at California State University - East Bay. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal State East Bay is located in Hayward, California and has a total student population of 16,253. In 2021, 29 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal State East Bay.

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 State East Bay Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Cal State East Bay Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at Cal State East Bay 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 State East Bay 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
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	179

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Cal State East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% 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 State East Bay since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 University - East Bay with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Cal State East Bay 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 University - East Bay.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.