Ethnic Studies at Spelman College

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

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 2,207. In 2021, 16 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Spelman.

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.

Spelman Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Spelman Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic studies programs across the country. The following shows how Spelman performed in these rankings.

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 Spelman 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	13
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	27
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools	63
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Best Ethnic Studies Schools	86
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
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Earnings of Spelman Ethnic Studies Graduates

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Spelman is $23,573. 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 Spelman

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

Spelman Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Spelman 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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Interpreters and Translators	1,610	$55,670
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	130	$51,590

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.