Ethnic Studies at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334.

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.

SDSU Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies
• Master’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

SDSU Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at SDSU 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.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ethnic studies majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% 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 SDSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SDSU Ethnic Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of ethnic studies master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

In the ethnic studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

The following ethnic studies concentations are available at San Diego State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Women’s Studies	27
Latino Studies	10
African American Studies	7
Native American Studies	2
Gay/Lesbian Studies	2
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	1

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 San Diego State University.

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.