The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented educational disruption in institutions throughout the United States and the world. Research shows that such disruptions have a disproportionately negative impact on ethnic minorities. Researchers at a federally designated Minority- and Hispanic-serving four-year university deployed the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ) during the Spring 2020 semester to measure undergraduates' (n = 144) learning-related emotions immediately following the rapid shift and reorientation from face-to-face to online learning. Compared to published instrument norms, data revealed that respondents (74% Latinx) experienced lower negative and higher positive emotions than pre-COVID peers. This research sheds light on the academic experiences and emotions of undergraduate students, mostly ethnic minorities, during the early months of the pandemic.