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

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. Of the 3,499 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 32 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.

UPenn 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

UPenn Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at UPenn 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.

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from UPenn. This makes it the #110 most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

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

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

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

Of the 32 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from UPenn in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their master's degree from UPenn. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies each year. UPenn does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 73% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

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

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 4 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 Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	21
Ethnic Studies	17

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Education
• 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.