African American Studies at New York University

If you are interested in studying african american studies, you may want to check out the program at New York University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in African American Studies section at the bottom of this page.

NYU African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies
• Master’s Degree in African American Studies

NYU African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at NYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African American 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.

African American Studies Student Demographics at NYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the african american studies majors at New York University.

NYU African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its african american studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a bachelor's in african american studies.

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

NYU African American Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of african american studies master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in african american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies
• Asian-American Studies
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african american 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.