Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Mississippi University for Women

If you are interested in studying area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi University for Women. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MUW is located in Columbus, Mississippi and has a total student population of 2,704. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received their master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies section at the bottom of this page.

MUW Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Online Classes Are Available at MUW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, MUW does offer online courses in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

MUW Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at MUW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at Mississippi University for Women.

MUW Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from MUW in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi University for Women with a master's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

If you plan to be a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mississippi University for Women. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	2

Related Majors

• Education

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Mississippi University for Women.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Interpreters and Translators	140	$52,110
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	30	$81,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.