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Best Schools for Ethnic & Cultural Minority in 2026

92 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Ethnic & Cultural Minority, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Ethnic & Cultural Minority graduate earns $32,229/yr across 92 schools.

Programs Ranked

Avg Earnings

$32,229/yr

Avg DW Score

29/100

AI Risk

Very High

67% task exposure

All Ethnic & Cultural Minority Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	School	DW Score	Earnings	ROI
1	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA · Public	45 35–46	$40,253/yr	17.1x
2	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA · Public	45 35–47	$47,511/yr	15.8x
3	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA · Public	43 34–43	$35,263/yr	17.0x
4	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public	42 33–42	$34,007/yr	18.2x
5	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD · Public	39 30–40	$34,777/yr	12.0x
6	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM · Public	39 29–40	$38,260/yr	13.8x
7	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	38 28–39	$40,719/yr	9.7x
8	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA · Public	38 31–38	$31,001/yr	17.6x
9	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO · Public	38 27–38	$37,621/yr	11.6x
10	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public	38 28–39	$37,046/yr	10.8x
11	Towson University Towson, MD · Public	37 29–37	$32,740/yr	12.1x
12	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA · Public	36 29–36	$30,628/yr	16.2x
13	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public	36 27–36	$34,559/yr	9.2x
14	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH · Public	36 26–37	$40,720/yr	6.4x
15	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY · Public	36 28–37	$32,083/yr	15.9x
16	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Public	36 27–37	$37,411/yr	13.9x
17	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN · Public	35 24–36	$41,926/yr	6.3x
18	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY · Public	35 25–35	$36,292/yr	11.2x
19	Portland State University Portland, OR · Public	35 27–35	$32,441/yr	11.4x
20	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA · Public	34 29–34	$25,305/yr	18.1x
21	University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	34 29–34	$26,198/yr	19.4x
22	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA · Public	34 23–35	$41,872/yr	6.7x
23	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit	34 25–36	$55,206/yr	1.0x
24	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	34 26–34	$31,459/yr	10.4x
25	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA · Public	34 26–34	$31,459/yr	10.5x
26	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA · Public	34 26–34	$31,459/yr	10.3x
27	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public	33 28–33	$27,726/yr	17.0x
28	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	33 26–33	$29,914/yr	10.1x
29	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA · Public	33 25–33	$32,341/yr	8.7x
30	American University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit	33 22–34	$46,206/yr	2.0x
31	Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit	33 23–35	$51,388/yr	1.0x
32	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public	33 24–34	$33,991/yr	7.6x
33	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ · Public	33 22–34	$40,719/yr	—
34	University of California-Davis Davis, CA · Public	32 24–32	$32,563/yr	8.3x
35	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public	32 25–32	$30,984/yr	8.8x
36	Haskell Indian Nations University Lawrence, KS · Public	32 28–32	$23,887/yr	98.5x
37	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT · Public	32 22–33	$39,343/yr	4.6x
38	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT · Public	32 22–33	$39,343/yr	4.6x
39	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT · Public	32 22–33	$39,343/yr	4.6x
40	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT · Public	32 22–33	$39,343/yr	4.6x
41	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public	31 26–31	$26,767/yr	16.0x
42	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · Public	31 24–31	$31,140/yr	8.7x
43	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT · Public	31 21–32	$39,343/yr	3.8x
44	University of Delaware Newark, DE · Public	31 21–32	$38,124/yr	4.9x
45	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA · Public	31 22–32	$34,197/yr	5.9x
46	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA · Public	30 22–30	$31,443/yr	8.4x
47	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO · Public	30 21–30	$34,906/yr	7.1x
48	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY · Public	30 26–30	$23,751/yr	14.5x
49	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	30 22–30	$31,179/yr	9.0x
50	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	30 23–30	$28,841/yr	10.6x
51	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI · Public	30 24–30	$29,270/yr	11.6x
52	San Diego State University San Diego, CA · Public	29 22–29	$29,267/yr	12.4x
53	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public	29 24–29	$26,342/yr	12.6x
54	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA · Public	28 20–28	$30,844/yr	8.7x
55	CUNY City College New York, NY · Public	28 23–28	$26,973/yr	13.9x
56	Stanford University Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit	28 18–29	$41,156/yr	0.6x
57	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL · Public	27 18–27	$33,366/yr	6.9x
58	Northwestern University Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit	27 16–27	$39,012/yr	0.5x
59	Amherst College Amherst, MA · Private nonprofit	27 17–28	$40,120/yr	0.5x
60	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA · Private nonprofit	27 17–29	$43,926/yr	1.4x
61	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	27 18–27	$33,000/yr	6.3x
62	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	26 18–26	$32,856/yr	4.1x
63	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC · Public	26 20–26	$29,723/yr	11.7x
64	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA · Public	26 19–26	$29,607/yr	6.8x
65	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	25 19–25	$27,058/yr	8.9x
66	Gallaudet University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit	25 17–25	$31,541/yr	5.6x
67	University at Albany Albany, NY · Public	25 18–25	$29,823/yr	6.2x
68	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA · Public	24 19–24	$26,712/yr	7.9x
69	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · Public	24 18–24	$27,932/yr	7.2x
70	University of Louisville Louisville, KY · Public	24 17–24	$29,990/yr	4.8x
71	Brandeis University Waltham, MA · Private nonprofit	23 14–24	$35,057/yr	0.3x
72	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	22 17–22	$26,875/yr	7.4x
73	Yale University New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit	21 13–21	$32,624/yr	0.3x
74	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH · Private nonprofit	21 13–21	$31,967/yr	0.2x
75	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY · Public	21 17–21	$25,126/yr	6.1x
76	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI · Public	21 15–21	$28,181/yr	3.3x
77	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · Public	20 16–20	$23,604/yr	5.0x
78	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE · Public	19 15–19	$21,836/yr	4.4x
79	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ · Public	19 12–19	$30,296/yr	4.1x
80	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · Public	19 12–19	$30,296/yr	4.0x
81	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ · Public	19 12–20	$30,296/yr	4.2x
82	Temple University Philadelphia, PA · Public	19 15–19	$26,260/yr	4.5x
83	Spelman College Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit	18 12–18	$28,080/yr	3.0x
84	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO · Private nonprofit	18 15–19	$16,635/yr	-0.3x
85	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit	18 15–19	$18,854/yr	-0.3x
86	Brown University Providence, RI · Private nonprofit	18 15–19	$17,527/yr	-0.4x
87	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI · Public	17 14–17	$20,109/yr	7.1x
88	St Olaf College Northfield, MN · Private nonprofit	17 11–17	$28,288/yr	0.2x
89	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit	16 11–16	$26,868/yr	0.1x
90	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA · Private nonprofit	15 11–15	$25,623/yr	0.1x
91	DePaul University Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit	13 10–13	$18,029/yr	0.0x
92	Smith College Northampton, MA · Private nonprofit	9 6–9	$19,105/yr	1.0x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Ethnic & Cultural Minority?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona ranks #1 for Ethnic & Cultural Minority with a score of 45/100 and graduate earnings of $40,253/yr.

How much do Ethnic & Cultural Minority graduates earn?

Across 92 schools, Ethnic & Cultural Minority graduates earn an average of $32,229/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $55,206/yr.

Is Ethnic & Cultural Minority a good major for AI resistance?

Ethnic & Cultural Minority has an average AI task exposure of 67%, rated "Very High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.