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2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region

33 Colleges
$29,874 Avg Salary
$18,723 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies was ranked #29 in the country. In fact 2,911 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges.

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great place for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 33 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Claremont Graduate University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at California State University - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Honolulu.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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#8

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #8, San Francisco State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 319
Washington 35
Oregon 44
Nevada 6
Hawaii 23
Alaska 3

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 25 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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