Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,870 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Georgia in 2021, 23 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.

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

• Basic Certificate in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

UGA Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at UGA 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 UGA

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from UGA. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% 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 UGA since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at UGA 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 University of Georgia with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UGA 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

If you plan to be a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Georgia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	33
Area Studies	3

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Interpreters and Translators	1,610	$55,670
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	130	$51,590

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.