African American Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara

What traits are you looking for in a african american studies school? To help you decide if University of California - Santa Barbara is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's african american studies program.

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSB African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies

UCSB African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African 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.

African American Studies Student Demographics at UCSB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the african american studies majors at University of California - Santa Barbara.

UCSB African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical african american studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in african american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Asian-American Studies
• Women’s Studies
• Latino Studies

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african 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 - Santa Barbara.

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.