The main focus area for this major is African American Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Ethnic Studies is a major offered under the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program of study at University of Memphis. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in ethnic studies, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The ethnic studies major at UofM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ethnic Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Here are some of the other rankings for UofM.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UofM paid an average of $502 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $342 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,208 | $12,048 |
Fees | $1,704 | $1,704 |
Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,175 | $10,175 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,699 | $4,699 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UofM in Ethnic Studies walked away with an average of $40,051 in student debt. That is 81% higher than the national average of $22,119.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. UofM does offer online classes in its ethnic studies bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UofM Online Learning page.
About 63.6% of the students who received their BA in ethnic studies in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 81.9%.
Around 72.7% of ethnic studies bachelor’s degree recipients at UofM in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 66%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Ethnic Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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African American Studies | 11 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.