Ethnic Studies at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year.

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.

Sac State Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Sac State Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Sac State 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 Sac State

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

Sac State Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% 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 Sac State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

Ethnic Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Sacramento. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	53
Deaf Studies	28
Women’s Studies	26

Related Majors

• Area Studies

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 - Sacramento.

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.