2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for African-American Studies

AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Not many undergrad students choose to major in african-american studies. Each subject hands out close to 6,156 yearly undergrad degrees; last year, 1,009 students earned a four-year degree in african-american studies, making it the USA's 209th most popular concentration for undergraduates. 44 of those students went to the University of California-Los Angeles, which has the largest department in the US. 214 of those undergraduates came out of institutions from California.

Selecting the best institution for you can probably be difficult, seeing as 201 schools in the United States of America offer a college degree in african-american studies. Four-year degrees in african-american studies are only 4.7% more universally offered than the average major, making it the 101st most broadly available American degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 89% of last spring's degrees in african-american studies were undergrad degrees; 11% were postgrad degrees. African-american studies is the 288th most popular postgraduate degree in the nation, with 129 degrees conferred. For context, african-american studies is 95% less popular among postgraduate students than the average subject.

In Total, 1,138 students received a bachelor's or higher in african-american studies last spring.

ONLINE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

6 of those 1,138 alumni (0.5%) did their learning comprehensively remotely - 4 undergraduates and 2 postgraduate students. As you can presumably tell, african-american studies is a very unpopular online major. It is currently the 242nd most in-demand remote degree, and 99.2% south of the U.S. average of 481 students per major. For postgrads, it's ranked 296th, and is 99.7% south of the US average (616).

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus​ awarded the most online bachelor's degrees in african-american studies in America (2).

3 schools countrywide grant bachelor's degrees remote, making it the 101st most universally offered online major. 1% of institutions conferring the degree even have a totally remote option, and every institution granting undergrad degree in african-american studies is public.

If you hope to study african-american studies remotely, we recommend you check out the University of Arizona, as it has the 43rd best african-american studies program in the United States. They also have an additional 94 degrees online, so you may explore classes from another focus. Further, 2,558 online undergraduates are enrolled in the college, which is 7% of their whole student body.

PARTIALLY ONLINE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

• African-american studies is the 210th most in-demand partially online four-year degree in the USA
• African-american studies is the 103rd most commonly offered partially online bachelor's degree across the country
• 18.24% of all college degree in african-american studies are done partially online
• Chicago State University's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of partially online african-american studies majors than any other US school (0.48%)
• California graduates more african-american studies majors partially online than any other state (39 undergraduate degrees awarded last May)
• 6.2% of all grad degrees in african-american studies are done partially online

IN-PERSON AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

• African-american studies is the 198th most in-demand completely in-person undergrad degree in the United States of America
• African-american studies is the 52nd most widely offered in-person college degree in the US
• 81.37% of all bachelor's degree in african-american studies are done in-person
• The University of California-Los Angeles​ conferred more in-person undergraduate degrees in african-american studies than any other American school (42)
• Last year, 119 students completed completely in-person postgraduate degrees in african-american studies
• The typical major is available at nearly 20 colleges entirely in-person