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2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the most popular school in the New England Region for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 90% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

Women make up 88% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern Connecticut State University is a great place for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their graduate certificate. SCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus 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 New England Region . UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

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#4

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Rhode Island did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a large student population.

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#7

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

Suffolk University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Located in the city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Southern Maine landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

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Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 114
Maine 110
Rhode Island 152
Massachusetts 699
Connecticut 329
Vermont 61

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

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

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 9 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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