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

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

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and approximately 1,876 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Bates.

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.

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

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

Bates Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at Bates 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
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	55
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	183

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Bates. About 37% were men and 63% 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 Bates since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Bates are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bates 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

If you plan to be a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bates College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	10
Area Studies	9

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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Interpreters and Translators	140	$63,210
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$79,080

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 N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.