2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. It is ranked #30 out of 37 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 169 master's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students go into to obtain their master'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 colleges for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the New England Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students seeking a a master's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

49 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to take a look at Yale University. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Yale University

2

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to look into Brown University. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Brown University

Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	34	92
Rhode Island	32	21
Connecticut	30	45
Maine	27	0

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	131
Ethnic Studies	37
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other)	1

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	2,146
English Language & Literature	1,465
Communication & Journalism	1,213
Theology & Religious Vocations	791
History	556
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	331
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	244
Philosophy & Religious Studies	155
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	62

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.