If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in ethnic studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #73 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 bachelor's degrees in ethnic studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on ethnic studies students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other ethnic studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for ethnic studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ethnic studies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for ethnic studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Featured Ethnic Studies Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ethnic studies program state that they receive average early career earnings of $26,586.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies has to look into Grand Valley State University. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Allendale.
Those ethnic studies students who get their bachelor's degree from Grand Valley State University receive $3,352 more than the typical ethnic studies grad.
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies has to check out Eastern Michigan University. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.
After graduating, ethnic studies bachelor's recipients typically earn about $30,353 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).