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

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University in 2021, 3 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.

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

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

Oakland Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at Oakland 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 Schools	598

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Oakland. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland 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	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	2
Ethnic Studies	1

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 Oakland 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 Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.