Ethnic Studies at California State University - San Marcos

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

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from CSUSM.

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.

CSUSM Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

CSUSM Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at CSUSM 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 CSUSM

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

CSUSM Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% 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 CSUSM since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSUSM 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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

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