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Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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2023 Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree School for You

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #26 most popular major in Illinois with 159 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best school in Illinois for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in Illinois. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

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Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 60
Ohio 93
Wisconsin 33
Michigan 34

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Area Studies 1,825
Ethnic Studies 1,081
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 5

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to G. Mützel.

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