Stony Brook University MA in Ethnic Studies

8 Master's Degrees Awarded

Ethnic Studies is a major offered under the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program of study at Stony Brook University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in ethnic studies, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Ethnic Studies from SUNY Stony Brook Cost?

$13,793 Average Tuition and Fees

SUNY Stony Brook Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at SUNY Stony Brook paid an average of $963 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $471 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,310	$23,100
Fees	$2,483	$2,483

Does SUNY Stony Brook Offer an Online MA in Ethnic Studies?

SUNY Stony Brook does not offer an online option for its ethnic studies master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SUNY Stony Brook Online Learning page.

SUNY Stony Brook Master’s Student Diversity for Ethnic Studies

8 Master's Degrees Awarded

75.0% Women

50.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 8 students received their master’s degree in ethnic studies. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 75.0% of the ethnic studies students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 77.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.0% of the ethnic studies master’s degrees at SUNY Stony Brook in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 57%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in Ethnic Studies Focus Areas at SUNY Stony Brook

Ethnic Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
African American Studies	2
Asian-American Studies	5
Women’s Studies	1

References

*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.