Women’s Studies at Purdue University - Main Campus

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655.

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.

Purdue Women’s Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies

Purdue Women’s Studies Rankings

The women's studies major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Women's 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.

Women's Studies Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the women’s studies majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Program

57% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of women's studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical women's studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in women's studies at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in women's studies.

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

African American Studies

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	60	$79,960

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
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