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. Of the 7,644 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Sacramento in 2021, 100 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.

Sac State Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Sac State Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic studies programs across the country. The following shows how Sac State performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	15
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools	41
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62

How Much Do Ethnic Studies Graduates from Sac State Make?

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $24,798. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $29,213 for all ethnic studies students.

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

Of the 100 ethnic studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Sac State, about 22% were men and 78% were 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 10% 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	11
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	25
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

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

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