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Women's Studies at Mississippi University for Women

Women’s Studies at Mississippi University for Women

If you are interested in studying women's studies, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi University for Women. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MUW is located in Columbus, Mississippi and approximately 2,704 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Women's Studies section at the bottom of this page.

MUW Women’s Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Women’s Studies

Online Classes Are Available at MUW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? MUW offers distance education options for women's studies at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

MUW Women’s Studies Rankings

Women's Studies Student Demographics at MUW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the women’s studies majors at Mississippi University for Women.

MUW Women’s Studies Master’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of women's studies master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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In the women's studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi University for Women with a master's in women's studies.

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

Careers That Women’s Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in women's 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi University for Women.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 30 $81,890

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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