Best Ethnic Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges in California

Unfortunately, there were no schools in California that made our Best Ethnic Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in California list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Choosing a Great Ethnic Studies School for Your Doctor's Degree

The ethnic studies doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality ethnic studies program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on ethnic studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of ethnic studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt ethnic studies students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ethnic studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for ethnic studies students working on their doctor's degree.

Insufficient Data for California

Because of lacking data, we couldn't provide you with the ethnic studies quality ranking. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in California that both offer ethnic studies and provided enough information for us to do a sufficient analysis.

Instead, take a look at at some of our other Ethnic Studies rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Ethnic Studies ranking.

Best Ethnic Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Ethnic Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	122	1
Oregon	107	2
Nevada	84	0
Alaska	19	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Ethnic Studies

One of 2 majors within the Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies area of study, Ethnic Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Ethnic Studies Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	18
Latino Studies	7
Ethnic Studies	6
Native American Studies	4
Women’s Studies	4
African American Studies	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	13
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other)	8

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to G. MГјtzel. More about our data sources and methodologies.