Ethnic Studies at Syracuse University

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

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,193 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 2021, 15 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.

Syracuse Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Syracuse Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at Syracuse 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 Syracuse 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
Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	21

How Much Do Ethnic Studies Graduates from Syracuse Make?

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Syracuse is $28,163. 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 Syracuse

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

Syracuse Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from Syracuse in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Syracuse University with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Syracuse 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 Syracuse University.

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.