Ethnic Studies at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

What traits are you looking for in a ethnic studies school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ethnic studies program.

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 5,364 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from UW Tacoma.

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.

UW Tacoma Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

UW Tacoma Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies progam at UW Tacoma compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UW Tacoma 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
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	101
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	109

How Much Do Ethnic Studies Graduates from UW Tacoma Make?

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Tacoma is $29,213. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allethnic studies bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at UW Tacoma

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

UW Tacoma Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% 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 UW Tacoma since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Washington - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UW Tacoma 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.