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2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #29 most popular major in the country with 2,911 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 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 48% are male.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Athens.

Women make up 85% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at the school.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 30 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at UF, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 11% are male.

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Out of the 30 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 5 spot on the list. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Richmond.

About 67% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 33% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Southeast Region . UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#8

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

About 75% of the students majoring in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#8

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Old Dominion University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

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#10

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. WKU is a large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.

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

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 12
Florida 56
North Carolina 73
Virginia 37
Tennessee 9
Georgia 45
South Carolina 6
Louisiana 9
West Virginia 2
Kentucky 14
Arkansas 13
Alabama 14

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 26 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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