Ethnic Studies at University of Puget Sound

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 Puget Sound stacks up to those at other schools.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,130.

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.

Puget Sound Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Puget Sound Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% 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 Puget Sound since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Puget Sound with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Puget Sound. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
African American Studies	8
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	4

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Interpreters and Translators	880	$48,560
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	180	$75,940

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.