Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907. Of the 604 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 2021, 10 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.

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

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

PLU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at PLU 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 PLU 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 Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	239
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	286

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

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

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from PLU. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. 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 PLU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	5
Ethnic Studies	5

Related Majors

• History
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Interpreters and Translators	880	$48,560
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	180	$75,940

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.