Ethnic Studies at Grinnell College

If you are interested in studying ethnic studies, you may want to check out the program at Grinnell College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and approximately 1,493 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Grinnell.

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.

Grinnell Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Grinnell Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at Grinnell 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 Grinnell 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	24
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	44
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	184

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Grinnell

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

Grinnell Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies from Grinnell in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at Grinnell 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 Grinnell College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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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 IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Interpreters and Translators	630	$37,840

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 Aureliusxv under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.