African American Studies at University of Virginia - Main Campus

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

University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and has a total student population of 25,628.

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.

University of Virginia African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies

University of Virginia African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at University of Virginia 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 University of Virginia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the african american studies majors at University of Virginia - Main Campus.

University of Virginia African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% 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 University of Virginia since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Virginia - Main Campus with a bachelor's in african american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.