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2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #30 most popular major in the country with 16,243 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 583 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 27% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 75% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great place for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

Women make up 72% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at University of California - Davis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 81% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 66% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

About 81% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 19% are male.

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University of California - Santa Cruz ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz.

Women make up 85% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 31% are male.

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California State University - Long Beach ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 31% are male.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 82% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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#11

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. SFSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

Women make up 75% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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California State University - Sacramento did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Sac State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Sacramento.

About 78% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#13

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

Wesleyan University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Wesleyan U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Middletown.

Of the 105 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Wesleyan U, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 68% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 32% are male.

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Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. VCU is a very large public school located in the city of Richmond.

Of the 97 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at VCU, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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California State University - Fullerton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 73% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 58% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 78% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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#19

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

With a ranking of #19, Brandeis University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 62% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 38% are male.

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#20

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

About 69% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 31% are male.

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Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort-Worth.

Of the 81 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 79% are male and 21% are female.

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#22

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #22 on the list. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 77 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Dartmouth, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#23

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 76 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Emory, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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With a ranking of #24, University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 74 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at UH Manoa, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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Florida International University ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

About 82% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#26

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY
#30

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
#30

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ
#33

Yale University

New Haven, CT
#33

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
#35

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR
#36

Smith College

Northampton, MA
#39

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH
#42

New York University

New York, NY
#42

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME
#45

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN
#45

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
#47

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA
#48

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
#50

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Remaining Award Winners

This section shows the rest of the schools awarded a Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 583 different United States area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
50 William & Mary Williamsburg, VA
52 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
53 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD
54 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
55 University of California - San Diego La Jolla, CA
56 University at Albany Albany, NY
56 Barnard College New York, NY
56 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
56 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
60 American University Washington, DC
60 California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA
62 Stanford University Stanford, CA
62 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
64 Binghamton University Vestal, NY
65 Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA
66 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
66 George Washington University Washington, DC
66 California State University - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
66 Georgetown University Washington, DC
70 Harvard University Cambridge, MA
70 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
70 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
73 University of Massachusetts - Boston Boston, MA
73 Towson University Towson, MD
73 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
73 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN
77 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
77 Duke University Durham, NC
79 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
79 University of Virginia - Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
79 Utah State University Logan, UT
79 Middlebury College Middlebury, VT
83 Lehman College Bronx, NY
83 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
83 Arizona State University - Tempe Tempe, AZ
83 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
83 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC
83 Trinity College Hartford, CT
83 SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
90 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
90 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
90 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
90 Tufts University Medford, MA
94 Connecticut College New London, CT
94 Williams College Williamstown, MA
94 Dickinson College Carlisle, PA
94 University of Delaware Newark, DE
98 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
98 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
100 California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA
100 University of Maryland - Baltimore County Baltimore, MD
100 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
100 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA
104 Wheaton College Massachusetts Norton, MA
104 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Pomona, CA
104 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY
107 Colgate University Hamilton, NY
107 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
107 Portland State University Portland, OR
107 Furman University Greenville, SC
111 Iowa State University Ames, IA
111 Hunter College New York, NY
111 California State University - Chico Chico, CA
114 University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HI
114 University of Louisville Louisville, KY
114 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA
114 Howard University Washington, DC

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies by Region

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Region
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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Area Studies 6,966
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to G. Mützel.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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