Ethnic Studies at Colorado College

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

Colorado College is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 2,050 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Colorado College.

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.

Colorado College Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Colorado College Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at Colorado College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Colorado College 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
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Ethnic Studies Schools	19
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	26
	41
	43
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools	79
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	114

Earnings of Colorado College Ethnic Studies Graduates

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado College is $31,555. This is 8% higher than $29,213, which is the national average for all ethnic studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Colorado College

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

Colorado College Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 ethnic studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colorado College, about 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Colorado College since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at Colorado College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Colorado College 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 CO, the home state for Colorado College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Interpreters and Translators	1,440	$70,050
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	210	$65,020

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.