Ethnic Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #99 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of ethnic studies. Combined, these schools handed out 105 degrees in ethnic studies to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Ethnic Studies Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
The schools below may not offer all types of ethnic studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in ethnic studies needs to check out University of Virginia - Main Campus. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Ethnic Studies degree recipients from University of Virginia - Main Campus earn a boost of around $4,405 over the average earnings of ethnic studies majors.
It is difficult to beat Virginia Commonwealth University if you want to pursue a degree in ethnic studies. VCU is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.
After graduation, ethnic studies degree recipients generally earn around $25,218 in their early 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).
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