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

If you are interested in studying area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies, you may want to check out the program at Swarthmore College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,437.

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.

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

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

Swarthmore Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major at Swarthmore 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.

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

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

If you plan to be a area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Swarthmore College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	7
Area Studies	5

Related Majors

• History
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• English Language & Literature
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Social Sciences

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, & 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 PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 Nelson Pavlosky under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.