A degree in ethnic studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #99 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Ethnic Studies Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 117 degrees in ethnic studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of ethnic studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for ethnic studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Ethnic Studies Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ethnic studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in ethnic studies has to look into Yale University. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 49 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year. Those ethnic studies students who get their degree from Yale University earn $6,028 more than the average ethnic studies grad.
It's hard to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a degree in ethnic studies. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 26 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the ethnic studies program report average early career wages of $30,677.
Connecticut College is a great option for students pursuing a degree in ethnic studies. Located in the small city of New London, Conn College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 5th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 4 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at Conn College in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of ethnic studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for ethnic studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
