Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year.

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.

CU - Boulder Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

CU - Boulder Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at CU - Boulder 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.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

If you plan to be a ethnic studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Colorado Boulder. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Women’s Studies	23
Ethnic Studies	21
Comparative Group Studies	1

Related Majors

• Area Studies

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Interpreters and Translators	1,440	$70,050
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	210	$65,020

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.