Best Schools for Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

Top colleges ranked by median earnings 2 years after graduation.

50
Schools
$33,873
Avg. Earnings
1,606
Graduates
#1
C

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private

$46,087
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $41,618
Graduates: 25
Acceptance: 4.2%
#2
B

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

$41,565
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 5.2%
#3
U

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

$40,458
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $26,348
Graduates: 48
Acceptance: 11.7%
#4
G

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

$39,369
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 13.1%
#5
U

University of Massachusetts-Boston

Boston, MA · Public

$39,009
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,372
Graduates: 25
Acceptance: 83.0%
#6
U

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO · Public

$38,289
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $27,445
Graduates: 21
Acceptance: 83.3%
#7
S

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA · Public

$37,208
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,618
Graduates: 23
Acceptance: 94.7%
#8
U

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI · Public

$36,668
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,377
Graduates: 17
Acceptance: 77.1%
#9
S

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA · Public

$35,653
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $35,417
Graduates: 106
Acceptance: 96.2%
#10
S

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA · Private

$35,600
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $23,573
Graduates: 17
Acceptance: 34.1%
#11
D

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private

$35,420
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $34,587
Graduates: 26
Acceptance: 6.2%
#12
S

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY · Public

$35,416
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 49.0%
#13
Y

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

$35,060
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $37,910
Graduates: 25
Acceptance: 4.5%
#14
F

Florida International University

Miami, FL · Public

$35,060
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 58.8%
#15
U

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

$35,060
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 12.4%
#16
U

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD · Public

$35,060
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $37,951
Graduates: 27
Acceptance: 44.8%
#17
S

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO · Private

$35,060
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 81.5%
#18
C

CUNY City College

New York, NY · Public

$35,060
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,325
Graduates: 57
Acceptance: 58.1%
#19
R

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI · Public

$35,060
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,053
Graduates: 29
Acceptance: 81.1%
#20
C

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC · Public

$35,060
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 72.0%
#21
U

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Albuquerque, NM · Public

$34,420
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 95.5%
#22
W

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA · Private

$33,993
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $50,587
Graduates: 29
Acceptance: 13.9%
#23
T

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public

$33,459
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $32,606
Graduates: 45
Acceptance: 29.1%
#24
U

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · Public

$33,281
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,971
Graduates: 89
Acceptance: 27.8%
#25
C

CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY · Public

$33,138
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $32,570
Graduates: 117
Acceptance: 53.7%
#26
U

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ · Public

$32,925
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $25,753
Graduates: 20
Acceptance: 85.7%
#27
W

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Norton, MA · Private

$32,925
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $39,761
Graduates: 25
Acceptance: 71.3%
#28
M

Minnesota State University-Mankato

Mankato, MN · Public

$32,925
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 91.3%
#29
C

California State University-Sacramento

Sacramento, CA · Public

$32,569
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $24,798
Graduates: 67
Acceptance: 93.6%
#30
N

Northeastern University Oakland

Oakland, CA · Private

$32,569
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 16.5%
#31
T

Towson University

Towson, MD · Public

$32,569
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 82.8%
#32
U

University of California-Davis

Davis, CA · Public

$32,284
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,450
Graduates: 157
Acceptance: 41.6%
#33
P

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA · Private

$31,781
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 49.9%
#34
U

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · Public

$31,581
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,185
Graduates: 31
Acceptance: 80.2%
#35
C

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private

$31,527
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $21,894
Graduates: 18
Acceptance: 91.2%
#36
U

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, CO · Public

$31,423
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $25,094
Graduates: 25
Acceptance: 77.8%
#37
B

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · Private

$31,423
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $34,857
Graduates: 23
Acceptance: 35.3%
#38
U

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public

$31,423
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,213
Graduates: 80
Acceptance: 42.5%
#39
U

University of Washington-Bothell Campus

Bothell, WA · Public

$31,423
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,213
Graduates: 80
Acceptance: 91.8%
#40
U

University of Washington-Tacoma Campus

Tacoma, WA · Public

$31,423
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,213
Graduates: 80
Acceptance: 83.0%
#41
S

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private

$31,133
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $47,961
Graduates: 26
Acceptance: 3.9%
#42
W

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, NJ · Public

$30,771
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 92.5%
#43
U

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · Public

$30,771
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $34,027
Graduates: 36
Acceptance: 16.9%
#44
U

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, HI · Public

$30,409
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,592
Graduates: 51
Acceptance: 69.7%
#45
M

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA · Private

$30,409
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $31,984
Graduates: 23
Acceptance: 38.3%
#46
P

Portland State University

Portland, OR · Public

$30,409
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,412
Graduates: 22
Acceptance: 90.9%
#47
U

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA · Public

$30,228
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,543
Graduates: 24
Acceptance: 57.8%
#48
C

California State University-Long Beach

Long Beach, CA · Public

$29,882
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $25,929
Graduates: 71
Acceptance: 47.1%
#49
U

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT · Public

$29,685
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,677
Graduates: 21
Acceptance: 53.9%
#50
A

American University

Washington, DC · Private

$29,685
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 47.4%

Data source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard - earnings data for graduates with this field of study.

Earnings: Median earnings 2 years after graduation for students who completed this major.

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