Gay & Lesbian Studies
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Gay & Lesbian Studies degree recipients are Madison, WI, Cincinnati, OH, and Milwaukee, WI. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Gay & Lesbian Studies degree recipients are Whitewater, WI, Platteville, WI, and Dearborn, MI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Gay & Lesbian Studies is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Gay & Lesbian Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of Wisconsin-Madison awards the most degrees in Gay & Lesbian Studies in the US, but University of Michigan-Dearborn and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Gay & Lesbian Studies.
Tuition costs for Gay & Lesbian Studies majors are, on average, $10,006 for in-state public colleges, and $60,128 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Gay & Lesbian Studies programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (15 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (71 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Gay & Lesbian Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (71 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Gay & Lesbian Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most Gay & Lesbian Studies degree recipients, with 13 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Gay & Lesbian Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer Gay & Lesbian Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, University of Michigan-Dearborn has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Gay & Lesbian Studies, with 0.261%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Gay & Lesbian 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 $101,307 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
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 $101,307 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
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 Other managers.
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, Logisticians, and Economists.
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.51%, from 198,393 in 2023 to 203,364 in 2024.
The largest single share of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (5.32%). 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 Railroad rolling stock manufacturing, Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers, and Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers.
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.51%, from 198,393 in 2023 to 203,364 in 2024.
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 42.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years. 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 (54 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 38 years old, which represent 3.6% and 3.38% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Gay & Lesbian Studies are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, Bachelors Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
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 Gay & Lesbian Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Gay & Lesbian Studies for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, 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 Gay & Lesbian Studies.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Bermuda that hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees (14.5 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 (2,719 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Gay & Lesbian Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gay & Lesbian Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Gay & Lesbian Studies majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, and Operations Analysis.
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 Gay & Lesbian 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 Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
