IPEDS 2023 completions · bachelor's degrees · 148 colleges

Colleges that graduate the most area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies majors

148 of the 1,082 colleges CollegeCalcAI tracks awarded at least 10 bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies in 2023, 4,373 degrees in all, 0.3% of every bachelor's degree those colleges granted. UCLA graduated the most (174), and the ten largest programs account for 27% of the field's graduates at tracked colleges. Nationally the field is 0.3% of bachelor's degrees across 2,440 institutions, so it is represented in line with the national mix at the four-year colleges here. 74% of these graduates were women.

Colleges

148

awarding 10+ degrees

Degrees awarded

4,373

2023, bachelor's

Share of all degrees

0.3%

0.3% nationally

Median acceptance rate

58%

colleges in this field

Women

74%

of graduates

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Largest area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies programs

The 50 largest area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies programs by bachelor's degrees awarded in 2023. Click a college for its area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies page: share of campus, rank among its majors, gender split, and the admissions bar.

#	College	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate	SAT 75th
1	UCLA · CA	174	1.8%	9%	1510
2	University of Washington · WA	173	2%	39%	1450
3	Cal State Northridge · CA	139	1.7%	93%	1150
4	University of California, Berkeley · CA	138	1.5%	11%	1530
5	University of North Carolina · NC	112	2.1%	15%	1470
6	UC Santa Cruz · CA	105	2.3%	66%	1180
7	Cal State Long Beach · CA	90	1%	46%	1280
8	UC Davis · CA	83	1%	42%	1380
9	University of Texas at Austin · TX	78	0.7%	27%	1460
10	Sacramento State University · CA	72	1%	94%	1170
11	University of Hawaiʻi · HI	67	2.2%	87%	1220
12	University of Michigan · MI	67	0.8%	16%	1520
13	Wesleyan University · CT	66	8.6%	16%	1490
14	University of Utah · UT	59	1%	86%	1340
15	San Francisco State University · CA	57	1.1%	96%	1180
16	Virginia Commonwealth University · VA	56	1.2%	93%	1240
17	University of Missouri · MO	55	0.9%	78%	1330
18	Yale University · CT	55	3.3%	4%	1570
19	Brooklyn College · NY	52	2.1%	58%	1180
20	Stanford University · CA	47	2.6%	4%	1570
21	UC Santa Barbara · CA	47	0.7%	33%	1430
22	Dartmouth College · NH	46	3.7%	5%	1560
23	Florida International University · FL	46	0.4%	55%	1250
24	Columbia University · NY	45	1.8%	4%	1560
25	UC Irvine · CA	43	0.5%	29%	1420
26	Arizona State University · AZ	41	0.3%	90%	1310
27	Smith College · MA	39	6.3%	21%	1440
28	Brigham Young University · UT	38	0.6%	68%	1420
29	Duke University · NC	38	1.8%	6%	1570
30	University of Wisconsin · WI	38	0.5%	45%	1440
31	Cal State Fullerton · CA	37	0.4%	91%	1230
32	Brown University · RI	36	1.9%	5%	1560
33	Georgia State University · GA	35	0.7%	55%	1200
34	UC Riverside · CA	35	0.6%	76%	1300
35	Oberlin College · OH	35	5.3%	34%	1430
36	Washington University in St. Louis · MO	34	1.7%	12%	1550
37	San Diego State University · CA	33	0.4%	36%	1340
38	Cal State East Bay · CA	33	1%	97%	1080
39	University of Arizona · AZ	32	0.4%	86%	1300
40	University of Florida · FL	32	0.3%	24%	1440
41	Bowdoin College · ME	31	6.4%	7%	1520
42	UC San Diego · CA	30	0.3%	27%	1490
43	University of Oregon · OR	30	0.7%	88%	1340
44	University of South Carolina · SC	30	0.5%	60%	1350
45	Utah State University · UT	30	0.7%	92%	1250
46	Princeton University · NJ	29	2.2%	5%	1570
47	University of Colorado · CO	29	0.4%	78%	1340
48	Brandeis University · MA	28	3.7%	41%	1460
49	Hawaii Hilo · HI	28	5.2%	61%	1120
50	Towson University · MD	27	0.7%	82%	1220

98 more colleges award 10 or more degrees in this field: every one is listed further down this page, and in the CSV download.

Most concentrated in area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies

Where area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies is the biggest part of campus: share of all graduates, among colleges awarding at least 50 degrees in the field.

#	College	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate	SAT 75th
1	Wesleyan University · CT	66	8.6%	16%	1490
2	Yale University · CT	55	3.3%	4%	1570
3	UC Santa Cruz · CA	105	2.3%	66%	1180
4	University of Hawaiʻi · HI	67	2.2%	87%	1220
5	University of North Carolina · NC	112	2.1%	15%	1470
6	Brooklyn College · NY	52	2.1%	58%	1180
7	University of Washington · WA	173	2%	39%	1450
8	UCLA · CA	174	1.8%	9%	1510
9	Cal State Northridge · CA	139	1.7%	93%	1150
10	University of California, Berkeley · CA	138	1.5%	11%	1530
11	Virginia Commonwealth University · VA	56	1.2%	93%	1240
12	San Francisco State University · CA	57	1.1%	96%	1180
13	Cal State Long Beach · CA	90	1%	46%	1280
14	Sacramento State University · CA	72	1%	94%	1170
15	UC Davis · CA	83	1%	42%	1380
16	University of Utah · UT	59	1%	86%	1340
17	University of Missouri · MO	55	0.9%	78%	1330
18	University of Michigan · MI	67	0.8%	16%	1520
19	University of Texas at Austin · TX	78	0.7%	27%	1460

How to get in for area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies

What readers look for from applicants who declare this field, at any selectivity.

Colleges publish one acceptance rate for the whole school, not per major, so there is no official admit rate for area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies. The median acceptance rate among the 148 colleges awarding it is 58%; the most selective (Columbia University, 4%) and the most accessible (San Francisco State University, 96%) both graduate substantial numbers in the field. CollegeCalcAI's calculator scores your profile against each school's own admissions data; this field carries no separate adjustment.

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Most selective colleges for area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies

Lowest acceptance rates among colleges awarding at least 25 area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies degrees.

#	College	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate	SAT 75th
1	Columbia University · NY	45	1.8%	4%	1560
2	Stanford University · CA	47	2.6%	4%	1570
3	Yale University · CT	55	3.3%	4%	1570
4	Brown University · RI	36	1.9%	5%	1560
5	Dartmouth College · NH	46	3.7%	5%	1560
6	Princeton University · NJ	29	2.2%	5%	1570
7	Duke University · NC	38	1.8%	6%	1570
8	Vanderbilt University · TN	27	1.5%	6%	1560
9	Bowdoin College · ME	31	6.4%	7%	1520
10	Williams College · MA	25	5.1%	8%	1530
11	UCLA · CA	174	1.8%	9%	1510
12	University of California, Berkeley · CA	138	1.5%	11%	1530
13	Washington University in St. Louis · MO	34	1.7%	12%	1550
14	University of North Carolina · NC	112	2.1%	15%	1470
15	University of Michigan · MI	67	0.8%	16%	1520

Most accessible colleges for area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies

Colleges admitting 60% or more of applicants that still award at least 50 area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies degrees a year.

#	College	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate	SAT 75th
1	San Francisco State University · CA	57	1.1%	96%	1180
2	Sacramento State University · CA	72	1%	94%	1170
3	Cal State Northridge · CA	139	1.7%	93%	1150
4	Virginia Commonwealth University · VA	56	1.2%	93%	1240
5	University of Hawaiʻi · HI	67	2.2%	87%	1220
6	University of Utah · UT	59	1%	86%	1340
7	University of Missouri · MO	55	0.9%	78%	1330
8	UC Santa Cruz · CA	105	2.3%	66%	1180

Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies by state

States with the most area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies graduates at tracked colleges.

State	Colleges	Degrees (2023)	Share of field
California	28	1,355	31%
New York	13	266	6%
Massachusetts	10	217	5%
Washington	3	213	5%
North Carolina	5	184	4%
Connecticut	3	135	3%
Utah	3	127	3%
Pennsylvania	7	125	3%
Ohio	6	105	2%
Michigan	3	96	2%
Hawaii	2	95	2%
Texas	2	93	2%

Every college for area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies

All 148 colleges awarding 10 or more bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies in 2023, alphabetically. Each link opens that college's area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies page.

Amherst College 23
Arizona State University 41
Bowdoin College 31
Bowling Green State University 12
Brandeis University 28
Brigham Young University 38
Brooklyn College 52
Brown University 36
Bucknell University 10
Cal Poly Humboldt 14
Cal Poly Pomona 13
Cal State Chico 16
Cal State Dominguez Hills 16
Cal State East Bay 33
Cal State Fullerton 37
Cal State Long Beach 90
Cal State Los Angeles 26
Cal State Northridge 139
Cal State San Marcos 11
Carolina University 12
Clemson University 10
Colby College 10
Colgate University 13
College of Charleston 10
Colorado College 14
Columbia University 45
Connecticut College 14
Cornell University 23
Dartmouth College 46
Denison University 12
DePaul University 17
Dickinson College 24
Duke University 38
Emory University 12
Florida International University 46
Fordham University 14
Franklin & Marshall College 10
Fresno State University 21
Gallaudet University 18
George Washington University 18
Georgetown University 22
Georgia State University 35
Gettysburg College 10
Gustavus Adolphus College 16
Harvard University 21
Haskell Indian Nations University 22
Hawaii Hilo 28
Howard University 17
Indiana University 15
Iowa State University 10
Kalamazoo College 11
Kennesaw State University 25
Loyola Marymount University 14
Metro State Denver 14
Miami University (Ohio) 11
Middlebury College 19
Mount Holyoke College 22
New York University 18
Northern Arizona University 10
Northwestern University 13
Oberlin College 35
Occidental College 11
Ohio State University 20
Ohio University 15
Oregon State University 20
Penn State University 26
Pomona College 12
Portland State University 16
Princeton University 29
Purdue University 25
Queens College (NY) 11
Rutgers University 22
Sacramento State University 72
San Diego State University 33
San Francisco State University 57
San Jose State University 14
Seattle Pacific University 14
Skidmore College 11
Smith College 39
Stanford University 47
SUNY Brockport 10
SUNY New Paltz 17
Temple University 19
Towson University 27
Tufts University 11
U.S. Naval Academy 16
UC Davis 83
UC Irvine 43
UC Riverside 35
UC San Diego 30
UC Santa Barbara 47
UC Santa Cruz 105
UCLA 174
UNC Charlotte 11
UNC Greensboro 11
University at Albany 25
University at Buffalo 13
University of Arizona 32
University of California, Berkeley 138
University of Chicago 10
University of Colorado 29
University of Delaware 11
University of Florida 32
University of Georgia 12
University of Hawaiʻi 67
University of Houston 15
University of Illinois 22
University of Iowa 17
University of Kansas 11
University of Kentucky 16
University of Louisville 10
University of Maryland 13
University of Maryland Baltimore County 14
University of Massachusetts Amherst 15
University of Michigan 67
University of Minnesota 18
University of Missouri 55
University of Montana 10
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 12
University of New Mexico 22
University of North Carolina 112
University of Notre Dame 23
University of Oklahoma 18
University of Oregon 30
University of Pittsburgh 26
University of Rhode Island 10
University of South Carolina 30
University of Southern California 24
University of Texas at Austin 78
University of Utah 59
University of Virginia 14
University of Washington 173
University of Wisconsin 38
University of Wyoming 16
Utah State University 30
Vanderbilt University 27
Vassar College 14
Virginia Commonwealth University 56
Washington University in St. Louis 34
Wayne State University (MI) 18
Wellesley College 23
Wesleyan University 66
Western Washington University 26
Wheaton College (MA) 10
William & Mary 21
William Paterson University 17
Williams College 25
Yale University 55

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Questions about area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies colleges

Which colleges graduate the most area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies majors?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in 2023, the largest programs among tracked colleges are UCLA (174), University of Washington (173), Cal State Northridge (139), University of California, Berkeley (138), University of North Carolina (112). The full ranking of 148 colleges is on this page, with each school's share of graduates and acceptance rate.

How many students major in area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies?

4,373 students earned a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies at the 148 tracked colleges in 2023, 0.3% of all bachelor's degrees at those schools. Across all 2,440 U.S. institutions reporting to IPEDS, the field is 0.3% of bachelor's degrees.

Is area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies a competitive major?

What share of area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies graduates are women?

74% of area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies bachelor's graduates at tracked colleges were women in 2023 (degree-weighted across 148 colleges, IPEDS completions by sex).

Where is area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies the biggest part of campus?

Measured as a share of all graduates, area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies is most concentrated at Wesleyan University (8.6% of graduates), Yale University (3.3% of graduates), UC Santa Cruz (2.3% of graduates), among colleges awarding at least 50 degrees in the field.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 Completions (bachelor's degrees, first majors, CIP 2-digit series), joined to CollegeCalcAI's admissions dataset. Built 2026-09-19. Download: CSV of every college in this field. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are not predictions or guarantees.