Ethnic Studies at SUNY New Paltz

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

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and has a total student population of 7,489. In 2021, 18 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY New Paltz.

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.

SUNY New Paltz Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

SUNY New Paltz Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic studies programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY New Paltz 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 SUNY New Paltz 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	92

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at SUNY New Paltz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ethnic studies majors at SUNY New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SUNY New Paltz 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 SUNY New Paltz.

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 crz4mets2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.