Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies degree recipients are Columbia, MO, Madison, WI, and Los Angeles, CA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies degree recipients are Kaneohe, HI, New Town, ND, 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 Oglala Lakota College and Nebraska Indian Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
Tuition costs for Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies majors are, on average, $8,455 for in-state public colleges, and $57,130 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (315 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (6,753 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (6,753 completions in 2023).
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 1,253 degrees awarded in 2023.
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, Oglala Lakota College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies, with 29%.
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.
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 $99,300 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Railroad rolling stock manufacturing.
The average salary for Cultural & Gender Studies majors is $99,300 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary 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 for Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Cultural & Gender Studies majors working as Fundraisers, Archivists, curators, & museum technicians, and Geological & petroleum technicians, & nuclear technicians.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Cultural & Gender Studies majors are Entertainers & performers, sports & related workers, all other, Economists, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.22%, from 188,548 in 2022 to 198,393 in 2023.
The largest single share of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (5.31%). 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, uninformed, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by average wage, are Railroad rolling stock manufacturing, Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing, and Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers.
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.22%, from 188,548 in 2022 to 198,393 in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by uninformed. 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 41.8.
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 (3,571 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 3.73% and 3.4% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies are Bachelors Degree, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Associates 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 Czech Republic that hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees (9.77 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 (2,484 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies majors need more than the average amount of Active Listening, Speaking, and Monitoring.
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 Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group 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 Active Listening is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Speaking, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
