Ethnic Studies at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,120 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 2021, 15 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.

Georgetown Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Georgetown Ethnic Studies Rankings

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

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 Georgetown 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	258

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Georgetown. About 13% were men and 87% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Georgetown 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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Interpreters and Translators	490	$93,730

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.