Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Willamette University

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

Willamette is located in Salem, Oregon and has a total student population of 1,866.

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.

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

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

Willamette Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major at Willamette 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.

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

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Willamette since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies at Willamette 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 Willamette University with a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

If you plan to be a area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Willamette University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	9
Ethnic Studies	7

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• English Language & Literature
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, & 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 OR, the home state for Willamette University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Interpreters and Translators	1,210	$50,090
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	100	$80,490

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 Cacophony under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.