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

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,658. Of the 771 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College in 2021, 58 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.

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

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

Oberlin Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at Oberlin 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	6
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	68
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Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	98
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Oberlin. About 31% were men and 69% 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 Oberlin since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Oberlin 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Oberlin College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	41
Ethnic Studies	17

Related Majors

• History
• 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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Interpreters and Translators	1,870	$58,380
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	250	$80,260

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 Matthew Trump under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.