African-American & Black Studies&
Awarded in 2016
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The locations with the highest concentration of African-American & Black Studies graduates are Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY and Charlotte, NC. The locations with a relatively high number of African-American & Black Studies graduates are Denmark, SC, Granville, OH and South Amherst, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying African-American & Black Studies is a Bachelor's Degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in African-American & Black Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of North Carolina at Charlotte awards the most degrees in graphic design in the US, but Voorhees College and Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in African-American & Black Studies. Tuition costs for African-American & Black Studies majors are, on average, $8,204 for in-state public colleges, and $46,820 for out of state private colleges. The largest share of institutions with African-American & Black Studies programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies majors both by share and by number, though the highest paying industry for Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by average wage, is Travel arrangements & reservation services.
Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies is 40.8, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelor's degree. Female employees are more likey to hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees, and Black or African American students earn the majority (683) of the degrees.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the African-American & Black Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. African-American & Black Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that African-American & Black Studies majors need more than the average amount of Science, Learning Strategies, and Instructing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for African-American & Black Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.