Ethnic Studies at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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

Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 32,277. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Pitt.

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.

Pitt Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Pitt Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Pitt 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 Pitt

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

Pitt Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies from Pitt in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Pitt since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at Pitt are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Pitt 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 PA, the home state for University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 Crazypaco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.