Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Vassar College

What traits are you looking for in a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies school? To help you decide if Vassar College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435. Of the 682 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in 2021, 17 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.

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

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

Vassar 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 Vassar 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 Vassar 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 Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	206

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

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

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

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at Vassar awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Vassar 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

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vassar College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	17

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• History
• 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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Noteremote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.