Ethnic Studies at Tufts University

If you are interested in studying ethnic studies, you may want to check out the program at Tufts University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and approximately 12,219 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.

Tufts Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Tufts Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Tufts 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 Tufts

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

Tufts Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% 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 Tufts since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

If you plan to be a ethnic studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Tufts University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Women’s Studies	3
African American Studies	1

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 MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.