Ethnic Studies at Carleton College

If you plan to study ethnic studies, take a look at what Carleton College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 1,940. Of the 517 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in 2021, 4 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.

Carleton Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Carleton Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at Carleton 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 Carleton 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 Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Ethnic Studies Schools	30
	50
	53
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools	86
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	129

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Carleton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ethnic studies majors at Carleton College.

Carleton Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Carleton. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carleton College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

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

Carleton 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 MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Interpreters and Translators	1,440	$52,730
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$86,000

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 Dogs1337 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.