African American Studies at University at Albany

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

UAlbany is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 17,688.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in African American Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UAlbany African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies
• Master’s Degree in African American Studies

UAlbany African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at UAlbany is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African American 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.

African American Studies Student Demographics at UAlbany

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the african american studies majors at University at Albany.

UAlbany African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical african american studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UAlbany since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its african american studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University at Albany with a bachelor's in african american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UAlbany African American Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of african american studies master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in african american studies each year. UAlbany does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 71% more men than average.

In the african american studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University at Albany with a master's in african american studies.

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

Related Majors

• Women’s Studies

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african american 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 University at Albany.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
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
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