Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,926 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2021, 59 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.

UW - Madison 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
• Master’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Doctorate Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

UW - Madison Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

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

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 UW - Madison 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
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	4
	4
	9
	13
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	20

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from UW - Madison. This makes it the #27 most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies from UW - Madison in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at UW - Madison 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	31
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW - Madison Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at UW - Madison awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women.

Of the students who received a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's degree from UW - Madison, 67% 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 Wisconsin - Madison 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	1
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UW - Madison also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 1 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 Wisconsin - Madison. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	43
Area Studies	34

Related Majors

• Library Science
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Education
• Psychology

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Interpreters and Translators	1,070	$50,750
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	160	$69,580

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.