Ethnic Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you plan to study ethnic studies, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,496 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2021, 31 of them were ethnic studies majors.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

UNC Chapel Hill Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic studies programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Chapel Hill performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ethnic studies major at UNC Chapel Hill 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 Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	293

Earnings of UNC Chapel Hill Ethnic Studies Graduates

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNC Chapel Hill is $29,499. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $29,213 for all ethnic studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ethnic studies majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from UNC Chapel Hill. About 13% were men and 87% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UNC Chapel Hill 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Interpreters and Translators	1,770	$59,310
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$82,580

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.