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

If you are interested in studying area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, you may want to check out the program at Williams College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from Williams.

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.

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

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

Williams 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 Williams 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 Williams 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 Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	8
	14
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	34
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Williams. Of these graduates, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Williams 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

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Williams College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Area Studies	24
Ethnic Studies	7

Related Majors

• 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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.