Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Amherst College

If you are interested in studying area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, you may want to check out the program at Amherst College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Amherst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Amherst Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at Amherst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	11
	18
	19
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	41
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	46
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies from Amherst in 2020-2021, 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Amherst also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

The following area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies concentations are available at Amherst College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Amherst College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	12
Ethnic Studies	8

Related Majors

• History
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender 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 MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.