African American Studies at Georgia State University

If you plan to study african american studies, take a look at what Georgia State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in African American Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Georgia State African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies
• Master’s Degree in African American Studies

Georgia State African American Studies Rankings

African American Studies Student Demographics at Georgia State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the african american studies majors at Georgia State University.

Georgia State African American Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of african american studies master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in african american studies each year. Georgia State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the african american studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia State University with a master's in african american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african american studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	130	$51,590

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.