Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Dominican University

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

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,189. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Dominican U.

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.

Dominican U Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

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

Dominican U 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 Dominican U performed in these rankings.

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 Dominican U 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	182
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	360

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 Dominican University with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Dominican U 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 Dominican University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	6

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Library Science
• 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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Interpreters and Translators	1,970	$46,320
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.