Women's Studies

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2019

2,929

declining 1.05%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$7,716

declining 0.823%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$47,730

growing 4.9%

Average Wage

$83,407

growing 10.7%

People in Workforce

183,172

growing 9.75%

Average Employee Age

41.6

growing 2.03%

About

The locations with the highest concentration of Women's Studies degree recipients are Madison, WI, New York, NY, and Washington, DC. The locations with a relatively high number of Women's Studies degree recipients are Ashland, WI, Berea, KY, and Gambier, OH. The most common degree awarded to students studying Women's Studies is a bachelors degree.

Cultural & Gender Studies Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Women's Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of Wisconsin-Madison awards the most degrees in Women's Studies in the US, but Hartford Seminary and Spelman College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Women's Studies.

Tuition costs for Women's Studies majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $47,730 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Women's Studies programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (187 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,021 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Women's Studies

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Women's Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (2,021 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Women's Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,716

Median In-State Public

$47,730

Median Out of State Private

University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most Women's Studies degree recipients, with 153 degrees awarded in 2019.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Women's Studies.

Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Women's Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Hartford Seminary and Spelman College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Women's Studies, with 20% and 4.73%, respectively.

Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Women's Studies

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Women's Studies by year.

Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Women's Studies.

Employment

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 $83,407 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.

The industry that employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies majors is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

$83,407

Average Wage in Workforce

± $5,452

10.7%

1 Year Growth

± 8.31%

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Cultural & Gender Studies majors.

Highest Paying Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

Highest Paying Pumas

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.

Occupations

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

The most common occupations Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.

Most Specialized

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Cultural & Gender Studies majors working as Fundraisers, Archivists, curators, & museum technicians, and Miscellaneous social scientists, including survey researchers & sociologists.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

The highest paid occupations by median income for Cultural & Gender Studies majors are Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, Chief executives & legislators, and Physicians.

Occupations by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

183,172

2019 Workforce

± 10,501

9.75%

1 Year Growth

± 7.57%

The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 9.75%, from 166,893 in 2018 to 183,172 in 2019.

The largest single share of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates go on to work as Other managers (5.39%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Cultural & Gender Studies by share of the total number of graduates.

Industries

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

The most common industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Elementary & secondary schools, and Legal services.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

The highest paying industries of Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by average wage, are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Motion pictures & video industries, and Management of companies & enterprises.

Industries by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

183,172

2019 Workforce

± 10,501

9.75%

1 Year Growth

± 7.57%

The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 9.75%, from 166,893 in 2018 to 183,172 in 2019.

The industry which employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies graduates by share is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Cultural & Gender Studies.

Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

PUMAS with a relatively high number of Cultural & Gender Studies majors

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.

Diversity

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 41.6, and 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 (1,655 students).

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

41.6

Average Age in 2019

± 0.73 Years

2.03%

1 Year Change

± 2.5%

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 29 and 32 years old, which represent 4.7% and 3.91% of the population, respectively.

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Women's Studies are Bachelors Degree, < 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Cultural & Gender Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (92.5%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Women's Studies.

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
1,655 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
471 degrees awarded
Black or African American
258 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Women's Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

White Female
1,113 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
334 degrees awarded
Black or African American Female
173 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Women's Studies. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Women's Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.

Most Common Countries of Origin

Mexico
2,468 degree recipients
Korea
2,036 degree recipients
Philippines
1,077 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Japan
4.7 times more than expected
Argentina
4.44 times more than expected
Korea
4.41 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Japan that hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees (4.7 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 (2,468 degree recipients).

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Women's Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women's Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Women's 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 Women's 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.