Ethnic Studies at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year.

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.

UA Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies
• Master’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

UA Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at UA 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.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UA since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

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

UA Ethnic Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of ethnic studies master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

In the ethnic studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Alabama with a master's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

The following ethnic studies concentations are available at The University of Alabama. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
African American Studies	9
Women’s Studies	7

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Interpreters and Translators	250	$40,510

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.