Graduate Certificates in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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Education Levels of Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Majors
During the most recent year for which data is available, 657 people earned their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. This earns it the #17 spot on the list of the most popular graduate certificate programs in the nation.
The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies at each degree level.
Education Level | Number of Grads |
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Master’s Degree | 1,850 |
Graduate Certificate | 657 |
Doctor’s Degree | 420 |
Earnings of Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Majors With Graduate Certificates
We are unable to calculate the median earnings for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors with their graduate certificate due to lack of data.
Student Debt
We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.
Student Diversity
More women than men pursue their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. About 80.7% of graduates with this degree are female.
Gender | Number of Grads |
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Men | 127 |
Women | 530 |

The racial-ethnic distribution of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies graduate certificate students is as follows:
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 14 |
Black or African American | 53 |
Hispanic or Latino | 83 |
White | 361 |
International Students | 83 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 63 |

Most Popular Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Programs for Graduate Certificates
There are 131 colleges that offer a graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Learn more about the most popular 20 below:
University of Iowa tops the list of the most popular school in the U.S. for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors who are seeking their graduate certificate. Each year, around 30,300 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $8,711 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $10,875 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 65 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Iowa. About 96% of this group were women, and 20% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.
The 2nd most popular school in the country for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors who are seeking their graduate certificate is University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Each year, around 32,200 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $19,760 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $24,962 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 52 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Pitt. Around 15% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 63% were women.
Syracuse University comes in at #3 on our list of the most popular colleges offering graduate certificates in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Roughly 21,300 attend the school each year. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $58,440 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $43,428 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 25 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Syracuse. About 79% of this group were women, and 21% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.
University of Utah comes in at #4 on our list of the most popular colleges offering graduate certificates in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Roughly 33,000 attend the school each year. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $8,175 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $7,353 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 23 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from U of U. Of these students, 94% were women and 44% were members of underrepresented racial-ethnic groups.
The 4th most popular school in the country for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors who are seeking their graduate certificate is Duke University. Each year, around 16,100 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $60,435 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $60,220 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 23 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Duke. About 65% of this group were women, and 31% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.
Illinois State University is the 6th most popular school in the nation for students seeking a graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Each year, around 20,700 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $10,907 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $7,694 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 20 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Illinois State. Around 32% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 79% were women.
The 7th most popular school in the country for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors who are seeking their graduate certificate is Northwestern University. Each year, around 22,600 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $62,391 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $51,869 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 18 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Northwestern. About 83% of this group were women, and 50% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.
The Graduate Center, CUNY comes in at #7 on our list of the most popular colleges offering graduate certificates in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Each year, around 9,300 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $6,930 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $9,930 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 18 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from The Graduate Center. Of these students, 93% were women and 38% were members of underrepresented racial-ethnic groups.
Ohio University - Athens Campus is the 7th most popular school in the nation for students seeking a graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $13,352 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $9,444 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 18 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from OHIO Athens. Around 13% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 100% were women.
Stony Brook University comes in at #10 on our list of the most popular colleges offering graduate certificates in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Each year, around 26,700 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $7,070 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $11,310 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 15 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from SUNY Stony Brook. About 40% of this group were women, and 40% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.
University of Kansas comes in at #10 on our list of the most popular colleges offering graduate certificates in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Each year, around 26,700 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $10,092 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $9,989 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 15 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from KU. Of these students, 71% were women and 6% were members of underrepresented racial-ethnic groups.
University of Chicago is the 10th most popular school in the nation for students seeking a graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Each year, around 17,800 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $61,179 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $65,145 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 15 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from UChicago. Around 23% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 46% were women.
Portland State University comes in at #13 on our list of the most popular colleges offering graduate certificates in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Each year, around 23,600 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $8,400 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $15,048 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 14 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Portland State University. Of these students, 82% were women and 71% were members of underrepresented racial-ethnic groups.
The 14th most popular school in the country for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors who are seeking their graduate certificate is University of Georgia. Roughly 39,100 attend the school each year. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $9,790 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $8,878 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 13 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from UGA. Of these students, 75% were women and 25% were members of underrepresented racial-ethnic groups.
The 14th most popular school in the country for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors who are seeking their graduate certificate is The New School. Each year, around 9,000 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $53,105 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $49,966 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 13 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from New School University. Around 12% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 94% were women.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus comes in at #16 on our list of the most popular colleges offering graduate certificates in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Roughly 18,100 attend the school each year. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $11,272 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $8,418 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 10 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from BGSU. About 91% of this group were women, and 18% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.
University of Florida is the 16th most popular school in the nation for students seeking a graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Roughly 53,300 attend the school each year. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $4,477 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $10,770 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 10 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from UF. About 94% of this group were women, and 25% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is the 16th most popular school in the nation for students seeking a graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Each year, around 31,600 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $16,186 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $14,364 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 10 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from UMass Amherst. Around 30% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 90% were women.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is the 16th most popular school in the nation for students seeking a graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $8,091 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $10,701 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 10 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from UWM.
The 20th most popular school in the country for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors who are seeking their graduate certificate is University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $4,422 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $5,219 per year. During the most recent year for which we have data, 9 people received their graduate certificate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from UNC Greensboro. Around 33% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 100% were women.
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Majors to Study
Major | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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510 | |
142 | |
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References
*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.
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