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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for ethnic studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 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 Colorado 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.
It's hard to beat Colorado College if you wish to pursue a degree in ethnic studies. Colorado College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Colorado Springs. This college ranks 6th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 19 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at Colorado College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the ethnic studies program earn around $31,555 in the first couple years of their career.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in ethnic studies. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. A Best Colleges rank of #156 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available. Ethnic Studies degree recipients from Colorado State University - Fort Collins receive an earnings boost of about $3,317 over the typical earnings of ethnic studies graduates.
University of Colorado Boulder is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in ethnic studies. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were about 45 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year. After graduating, ethnic studies degree recipients usually make an average of $27,445 in their early careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in ethnic studies needs to take a look at Metropolitan State University of Denver. MSU Denver is a large public university located in the large city of Denver. This university ranks 26th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 16 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year. Ethnic Studies degree recipients from Metropolitan State University of Denver earn a boost of about $3,910 over the typical earnings of ethnic studies majors.
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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