2024 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Florida

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studiesmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #30 out of the 37 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 43 master's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in Florida

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

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

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to check out University of Florida. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Florida

2

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to check out University of South Florida - Main Campus. USF Tampa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tampa.More information about a master’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	34	12
Virginia	33	14
Georgia	32	24
Tennessee	32	2
North Carolina	31	29
Kentucky	31	4
West Virginia	30	0
Alabama	30	14
Louisiana	30	4
Arkansas	30	10

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	31
Ethnic Studies	12

Most Popular Majors Related to Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Journalism	586
Social Sciences	470
English Language & Literature	330
Theology & Religious Vocations	223
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	111
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	103
History	71
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	50
Philosophy & Religious Studies	49

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.