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

What traits are you looking for in a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies school? To help you decide if College of the Holy Cross is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,970. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Holy Cross.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs across the country. The following shows how Holy Cross performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	153
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	224
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	268

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, and gender studies majors at College of the Holy Cross.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Holy Cross. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

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

Holy Cross 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 College of the Holy Cross. 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

• 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 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.