Ethnic Studies at Lafayette College

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

Lafayette is located in Easton, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,514. Of the 720 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College in 2021, 7 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.

Lafayette Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Lafayette Ethnic Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Lafayette 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	70
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	102
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	256

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Lafayette

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

Lafayette Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at Lafayette 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 Lafayette College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lafayette 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 PA, the home state for Lafayette College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 Shuvaev under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.