Ethnic Studies at Pomona College

Every ethnic studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ethnic studies program at Pomona College stacks up to those at other schools.

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,475 students attend the school each year. Of the 395 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College in 2021, 15 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.

Pomona Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Pomona Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at Pomona 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 Pomona 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	11
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	25
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	139

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Pomona. About 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Pomona since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ethnic studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pomona College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

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

Pomona 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 CA, the home state for Pomona College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.