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

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Colby.

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.

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

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

Colby Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at Colby 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 Colby 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 Schools	80
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	152
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	195

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

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

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

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Colby in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Colby 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 Colby College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colby College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	15
Ethnic Studies	3

Related Majors

• Education
• 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 Colby 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 Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.