African Studies at University of Chicago

Every african studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the african studies program at University of Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 17,834.

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

UChicago African Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African Studies

UChicago African Studies Rankings

The african studies major at UChicago is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African 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 Studies Student Demographics at UChicago

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

UChicago African Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of african studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical african studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at UChicago since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its african 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 Chicago with a bachelor's in african studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Latin American Studies
• Near & Middle Eastern Studies

Careers That African Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african 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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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 Leefon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.