Ethnic Studies at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,040 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Mt. Holyoke.

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.

Mt. Holyoke Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Mt. Holyoke Ethnic Studies Rankings

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

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 Mt. Holyoke 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	36
	40
	42
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	59
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127

Earnings of Mt. Holyoke Ethnic Studies Graduates

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mt. Holyoke is $31,984. This is 9% higher than $29,213, which is the national average for all ethnic studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke 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 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at Mt. Holyoke 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 Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Mt. Holyoke 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.