Ethnic Studies at Pacific Lutheran University

What traits are you looking for in a ethnic studies school? To help you decide if Pacific Lutheran University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ethnic studies program.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from PLU.

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.

PLU Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

PLU Ethnic Studies Rankings

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

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 PLU 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	106
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at PLU since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

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

PLU 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Interpreters and Translators	880	$48,560
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	180	$75,940

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.