2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studiesdoctorate programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #24 out of the 36 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 449 doctor's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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 much debt area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 schools for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students working on their doctor's degree.

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

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Brown University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence.More information about a doctorate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Brown University

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies by Region

View the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	293
Ethnic Studies	148
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other)	8

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	3,723
Theology & Religious Vocations	2,718
English Language & Literature	1,184
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	1,110
History	807
Communication & Journalism	685
Philosophy & Religious Studies	656
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	258
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	94

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.