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2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master'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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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.

Check out the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary the most popular school in the Southwest Region for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort-Worth.

Women make up 23% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 40 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at UT Austin, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Oklahoma State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Durant.

Of the 29 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Arizona 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 Southwest Region . University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Women make up 41% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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Northeastern State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. NSU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Tahlequah.

About 57% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 43% are male.

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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at UTEP, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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With a ranking of #8, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. TWU is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe 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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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

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

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 171
Texas 946
New Mexico 105
Oklahoma 94

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 17 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.

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