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2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.

Women make up 90% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at Northwestern, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

About 60% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 4 spot on the list. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Loyola University Chicago landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools 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 6 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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