Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies|
Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies&
Total Degrees
Awarded in 2016
growing 6.67%
Median In-State
Public Tuition
Median Out-of-State
declining 6.64%
People in Workforce
maintaining 0.05%
About Institutions Employment Diversity Skills
The locations with the highest concentration of Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies graduates are Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY and University of California Davis, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies graduates are Chief Lake, WI, Mahnomen, MN and Goodwill, SD. The most common degree awarded to students studying Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies is a Bachelor's Degree.
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Cultural & Gender Studies
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of California-Los Angeles awards the most degrees in graphic design in the US, but College of the Muscogee Nation and Oglala Lakota College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies. Tuition costs for Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies majors are, on average, $7,943 for in-state public colleges, and $45,288 for out of state private colleges. The largest share of institutions with Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions.
Institution with the most degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies
1. University of California-Los Angeles
2. University of California-Santa Cruz
3. University of California-Davis
The largest share of institutions that offer Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies degrees are Public, 4-year or above institutions.
Tuition Costs for Common Institutions
Median Out of State Private
This visualization shows the tuition costs of the 5 institutions with the most Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies graduates by number.
Specialized Colleges
Highest Concentration Institution
1. College of the Muscogee Nation 62.1%
2. Oglala Lakota College 35.1%
3. Hartford Seminary 23.7%
College of the Muscogee Nation and Oglala Lakota College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies, with 62.1% and 35.1%, respectively.
Degrees Awarded by County
Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies
1. Los Angeles County, CA
2. New York County, NY
3. Cook County, IL
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies graduates by year.
Growth in Awarded Degrees
Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
1. Glacier County, MT
2. Virginia Beach city, VA
3. Essex County, NJ
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies majors both by share and by number, though the highest paying industry for Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by average wage, is Travel arrangements & reservation services.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Cultural & Gender Studies.
Average Wage in Workforce
The average salary for those who major in Cultural & Gender Studies is $68,943 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers; Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers; and Postsecondary teachers. The occupation that pays the highest of the 5 common jobs filled by Cultural & Gender Studies majors is Chief executives & legislators at $211,175 per year.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
1. Woodlawn, Rose Hill & Mount Vernon PUMA, VA
2. White Plains City PUMA, NY
3. North Beach & Chinatown PUMA, CA
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
The most common occupations for Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers; Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers; and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Cultural & Gender Studies majors working as Tour & travel guides; Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members; and Miscellaneous media & communication workers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Cultural & Gender Studies majors are Chief executives & legislators; Physicians & surgeons; and Financial managers.
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 6.15%, from 156,030 in 2015 to 165,621 in 2016.
The largest single share of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (5.82%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Cultural & Gender Studies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools; Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges; and Legal services.
The highest paying industries of Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by average wage, are Travel arrangements & reservation services; Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing; and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.
The industry which employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Cultural & Gender Studies.
PUMAs with a relatively high number of Cultural & Gender Studies majors
1. Subsistence Alaska PUMA, AK
2. Windsor, Windham & Orange Counties PUMA, VT
3. Washington Heights, Inwood & Marble Hill PUMA, NY
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Cultural & Gender Studies majors living. Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Cultural & Gender Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies is 40.8, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelor's degree. Female employees are more likey to hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees, and White students earn the majority (2,382) of the degrees.
Workforce Age
Average Age in 2016
± 0.51 years
1 year change
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 25 and 30 years old, which represent 3.76% and 3.7% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies are Bachelor's Degree; Master's Degree; and Associate's Degree.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Cultural & Gender Studies are Bachelor's degree; Master's degree; and Professional degree.
Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions
Female 80.1%
Most Common Gender with degree in this field
This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies.
Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded
2. Hispanic or Latino 1,610
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
Research Doctorate < 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate Associate's Degree 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate Bachelor's Degree 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Certificate Post-Master's Certificate
Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination
1. White Female 1,520
2. Hispanic or Latino Female 1,089
3. Black or African American Female 797
This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of students graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies. White Female graduates, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.
Most Common Countries of Origin
2. Japan
3. United Kingdom - Not Specified
High Relative Number of Students
1. Micronesia
2. Slovakia
3. St. Lucia
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Micronesia that hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees, but the most common country of origin for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies majors need more than the average amount of Science, Learning Strategies, and Instructing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Group Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
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