Latin American Studies at University of California - San Diego

If you are interested in studying latin american studies, you may want to check out the program at University of California - San Diego. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSD Latin American Studies Degrees Available

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

UCSD Latin American Studies Rankings

The latin american studies major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Latin 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.

Latin American Studies Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the latin american studies majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of latin american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical latin american studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its latin 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 of California - San Diego with a bachelor's in latin american studies.

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

UCSD Latin American Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of latin american studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in latin american studies each year. UCSD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in latin american studies.

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

Related Majors

• Area Studies, Other
• Chinese Studies
• Japanese Studies

Careers That Latin American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in latin 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 CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.