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American University MA in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is a program of study at American University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies from The American University Cost?

The American University Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at The American University paid an average of $1,906 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$34,533	$34,533
Fees	$991	$991

Does The American University Offer an Online MA in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies?

The American University does not offer an online option for its area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the The American University Online Learning page.

The American University Master’s Student Diversity for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 5 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies in 2019-2020, all of them were women.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 60.0% of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degrees at The American University in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Focus Areas at The American University

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	5

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.