Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies degree recipients are Columbia, MO, Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies degree recipients are New Town, ND, Kaneohe, HI, and Columbia, MO. The most common degree awarded to students studying Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of Missouri-Columbia awards the most degrees in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies in the US, but College of the Muscogee Nation and Oglala Lakota College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (294 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (6,872 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (6,872 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Missouri-Columbia has the most Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies degree recipients, with 949 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, College of the Muscogee Nation has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies, with 35%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Cultural & Gender Studies majors is $85,454 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Postsecondary teachers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
The industry that employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.
The average salary for Cultural & Gender Studies majors is $85,454 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Postsecondary teachers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Cultural & Gender Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Postsecondary teachers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Cultural & Gender Studies majors working as Judicial law clerks, Acupuncturists, and Fundraisers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Cultural & Gender Studies majors are Media and communication workers, all other, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Surgeons.
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.26%, from 172,921 in 2020 to 180,293 in 2021.
The largest single share of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (5.55%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Cultural & Gender Studies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Legal services.
The highest paying industries of Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by average wage, are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, and Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.26%, from 172,921 in 2020 to 180,293 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Cultural & Gender Studies.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Cultural & Gender Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies is 41.4.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Cultural & Gender Studies (3,462 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 31 and 30 years old, which represent 3.74% and 3.43% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Cultural & Gender Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Kingdom, not specified that hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees (6.15 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (2,081 degree recipients).
