Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and approximately 21,917 students attend the school each year.

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.

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

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

Online Classes Are Available at Towson

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Towson offers distance education options for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Towson Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major at Towson 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 Towson

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies at Towson 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Towson University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	24
Area Studies	13

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Interpreters and Translators	1,120	$70,530
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	160	$86,280

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.