Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at College of the Holy Cross

If you plan to study area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies, take a look at what College of the Holy Cross has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,970.

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.

Holy Cross Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

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

Holy Cross Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major at Holy Cross 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.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of the Holy Cross. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	10
Ethnic Studies	1

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Social Sciences

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

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, & 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 College of the Holy Cross.

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.