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Women's Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Women’s Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

If you plan to study women's studies, take a look at what University of Massachusetts Amherst has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Women's Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UMass Amherst Women’s Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies

UMass Amherst Women’s Studies Rankings

The women's studies major at UMass Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Women's 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.

Women's Studies Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the women’s studies majors at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

UMass Amherst Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of women's studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in women's studies at UMass Amherst are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in women's studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Women’s Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in women's 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 470 $98,380

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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