Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a total student population of 50,411. In 2021, 29 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick.

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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick 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
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools	57
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools	71

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Rutgers New Brunswick. This makes it the #71 most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rutgers New Brunswick, 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 Rutgers New Brunswick since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Rutgers New Brunswick Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a master’s in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Rutgers New Brunswick in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a master's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

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

Rutgers New Brunswick also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 3 students 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	25
Area Studies	12

Related Majors

• History
• Library Science
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Interpreters and Translators	540	$74,750

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 Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.