Ethnic Studies at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from UCONN.

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.

UCONN Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

UCONN Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at UCONN compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ethnic studies major at UCONN 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	42
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95

How Much Do Ethnic Studies Graduates from UCONN Make?

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $30,677. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $29,213 for all ethnic studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 ethnic studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCONN. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in ethnic studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Interpreters and Translators	430	$47,560

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.