Ethnic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 37 ethnic studies majors received their bachelor's degree from VCU.

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.

VCU Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Ethnic Studies (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

VCU Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic studies programs across the country. The following shows how VCU performed in these rankings.

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 VCU 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
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	32

How Much Do Ethnic Studies Graduates from VCU Make?

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $25,218. This is less than $29,213, which is the national average of all ethnic studies majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from VCU in 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 VCU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

VCU 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Interpreters and Translators	2,000	$70,770
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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.