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

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is a program of study at Harvard 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, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, 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 Harvard Cost?

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Harvard was $1,545 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,448	$49,448
Fees	$1,206	$1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online MA in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies?

Harvard 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 Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Master’s Student Diversity for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 48 master’s degrees in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 47.9% of the students who received their MA in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 63.9%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 18.8% of area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree recipients at Harvard in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	18
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

MA in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Focus Areas at Harvard

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	47
Ethnic Studies	1

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.