2024 Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 104 bachelor's degrees in ethnic studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

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 colleges for ethnic studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Ethnic Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Ethnic Studies in Georgia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies.

Top Georgia Schools for a Bachelor's in Ethnic Studies

1

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

25 Annual Graduates

$33,649 Median Starting Salary

$19,610 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies has to check out Emory University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Ethnic Studies bachelor's degree recipients from Emory University get an earnings boost of around $5,038 above the typical income of ethnic studies graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from Emory University

2

Spelman College
Atlanta, GA

16 Annual Graduates

$23,573 Median Starting Salary

$26,000 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies needs to take a look at Spelman College. Spelman is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Atlanta.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the ethnic studies program make an average of $23,573 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from Spelman College

Best Ethnic Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Ethnic Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	134
Tennessee	220	30
North Carolina	213	140
Virginia	213	86
South Carolina	195	57
Kentucky	187	34
Alabama	184	16
Louisiana	171	0
Mississippi	169	2
Arkansas	167	0
West Virginia	147	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Ethnic Studies

One of 2 majors within the Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies area of study, Ethnic Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Ethnic Studies Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Women’s Studies	66
African American Studies	25
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	13

Majors Similar to Ethnic Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	87

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to G. MГјtzel. More about our data sources and methodologies.