Latino Studies at University of California - Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Santa Cruz Latino Studies Degrees Available

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

UC Santa Cruz Latino Studies Rankings

The latino studies major at UC Santa Cruz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Latino 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in latino studies, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Latino Studies Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the latino studies majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz Latino Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of latino studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical latino studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its latino 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 - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in latino studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UC Santa Cruz Latino Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of latino studies master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

• Women’s Studies
• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Latino Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in latino 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 Cruz.

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 Satyriconi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.