Ethnic Studies at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072. Of the 1,463 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College in 2021, 8 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.

RIC Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

RIC Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at RIC 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 RIC 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
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175

How Much Do Ethnic Studies Graduates from RIC Make?

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIC is $28,053. This is less than $29,213, which is the national average of all ethnic studies majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 ethnic studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from RIC. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

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

RIC also has a doctoral program available in ethnic studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Interpreters and Translators	110	$50,380

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.