African American Studies at California State University - Northridge

What traits are you looking for in a african american studies school? To help you decide if California State University - Northridge is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's african american studies program.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381.

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

CSUN African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies

CSUN African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at CSUN is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African American 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.

African American Studies Student Demographics at CSUN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the african american studies majors at California State University - Northridge.

CSUN African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical african american studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in african american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Asian-American Studies
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other
• Latino Studies
• Deaf Studies

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african american 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 - Northridge.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.