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

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

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and approximately 2,567 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 27 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Furman.

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.

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

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

Furman Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at Furman compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at Furman 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	45

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Furman. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Furman since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Furman 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 Furman University with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	27

Related Majors

• History
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• 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 SC, the home state for Furman University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Interpreters and Translators	460	$44,950

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 Greengrass090 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.