African American Studies at University of Puget Sound

Every african american studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the african american 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 African American Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Puget Sound African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies

Puget Sound African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at Puget Sound is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African American 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.

African American Studies Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical african american studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Puget Sound since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its african american 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 african american studies.

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

Related Majors

• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african american 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
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.