Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Merritt College

Every area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at Merritt College stacks up to those at other schools.

Merritt College is located in Oakland, California and approximately 6,261 students attend the school each year.

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.

Merritt College Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

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

Merritt College Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

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Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at Merritt College

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

Merritt College Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

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 Merritt College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	1

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• 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 CA, the home state for Merritt College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.