2024 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. It is ranked #26 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 122 bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in Rhode Island

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

83 Annual Graduates

Brown University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Brown University

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

University of Rhode Island is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. URI is a large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Rhode Island

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	33	555
New Hampshire	32	112
Vermont	32	59
Maine	32	102
Connecticut	31	276

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	80
Ethnic Studies	42

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	1,016
Communication & Journalism	515
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	470
English Language & Literature	267
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	225
History	192
Philosophy & Religious Studies	72
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	26
Theology & Religious Vocations	2

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.