Ethnic Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 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.

UH Hilo Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

UH Hilo Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at UH Hilo 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 UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

The following ethnic studies concentations are available at University of Hawaii at Hilo. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Hawaii at Hilo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Women’s Studies	9
Native American Studies	7

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	200	$71,610
Interpreters and Translators	90	$45,580

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.