Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 50 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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.

UIC 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

UIC Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs across the country. The following shows how UIC performed in these rankings.

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 UIC 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
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	235

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from UIC. This makes it the #45 most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

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

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

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

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at UIC awarded 50 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 12% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from UIC. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men.

Of the students who received a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's degree from UIC, 56% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago 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	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIC also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 7 students 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 Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	49
Area Studies	17

Related Majors

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

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Interpreters and Translators	1,970	$46,320
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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 Hied5 under License

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