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

Every area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at University of Maine stacks up to those at other schools.

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741. In 2021, 4 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors received their bachelor's degree from UMaine.

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.

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

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMaine

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

UMaine Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at UMaine compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at UMaine 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 Online Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	398

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMaine. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at UMaine 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 Maine with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

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

UMaine 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 Maine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	12

Related Majors

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

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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Interpreters and Translators	140	$63,210
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$79,080

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.