Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Eastern Michigan University

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

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,309 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2021, 12 of them were area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors.

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.

Eastern Michigan Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan 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
	35
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools	49
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Eastern Michigan. This makes it the #96 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 Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies from Eastern Michigan in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Eastern Michigan Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at Eastern Michigan awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a master's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

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

Eastern Michigan 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

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 Eastern Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	15

Related Majors

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

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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,450

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.