Ethnic Studies at Skidmore College

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

Skidmore is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 2,582. Of the 671 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Skidmore College in 2021, 5 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.

Skidmore Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Skidmore Ethnic Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Skidmore 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 Schools	133
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	306

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Skidmore

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

Skidmore Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Skidmore. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at Skidmore 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 Skidmore College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

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

Skidmore 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 NY, the home state for Skidmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
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 Peter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.