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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Washington 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 167 degrees in ethnic studies annually.
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Your choice of ethnic studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Ethnic Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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 Washington list to help you make the college 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.
It's difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in ethnic studies. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 71 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the ethnic studies program state that they receive average early career earnings of $31,459.
Any student who is interested in ethnic studies has to take a look at Western Washington University. WWU is a large public university located in the city of Bellingham. A Best Colleges rank of #287 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
Any student pursuing a degree in ethnic studies has to take a look at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. UW Tacoma is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma. This university ranks 49th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 15 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Tacoma in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the ethnic studies program state that they receive average early career wages of $31,459.
It's hard to beat University of Washington - Bothell Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in ethnic studies. UW Bothell is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bothell. This university ranks 50th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 7 ethnic studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Bothell in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the ethnic studies program report average early career income of $31,459.
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. For our Best Overall Ethnic Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
