Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

Every area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at Brigham Young University - Provo stacks up to those at other schools.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and has a total student population of 36,461. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 students received a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from BYU.

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.

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

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

BYU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at BYU 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 Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	1
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools	140
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from BYU. This is the #141 most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to 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 BYU since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	53
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

BYU 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brigham Young University - Provo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	69

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Interpreters and Translators	1,560	$43,830
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	30	$87,380

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 Mwilson3 under License

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