Ethnic Studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563. Of the 2,965 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2021, 7 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.

UAB Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

UAB Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at UAB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UAB 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	328
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	440

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from UAB. About 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAB also has a doctoral program available in ethnic studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.