Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Sonoma State University

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

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and approximately 8,018 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,038 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sonoma State University in 2021, 41 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.

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

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

SSU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at SSU 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 SSU 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 Schools	80
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	109

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

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SSU 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 Sonoma State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	41

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• 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 CA, the home state for Sonoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.