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

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 Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 115 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 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 bachelor's degree.

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

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona.

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

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 Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

68 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to check out University of Arizona. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Arizona

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to check out Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Arizona State University - Tempe

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	35	219
Oklahoma	32	40
New Mexico	31	67

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies	62
Area Studies	53

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Journalism	2,829
Social Sciences	2,727
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	984
English Language & Literature	960
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	723
History	470
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	403
Theology & Religious Vocations	290
Philosophy & Religious Studies	199

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.