2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studiesbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #26 out of the 38 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 4 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 354 bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in Washington

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

Top Washington Schools for a Bachelor's in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

219 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

26 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies has to check out Western Washington University. WWU is a large public university located in the city of Bellingham.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Western Washington University

3

University of Washington - Tacoma Campus
Tacoma, WA

14 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. UW Tacoma is a small public university located in the midsize city of Tacoma.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

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University of Washington - Bothell Campus
Bothell, WA

20 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Bothell Campus is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. UW Bothell is a moderately-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bothell.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Washington - Bothell Campus

Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	37	2,654
Hawaii	30	112
Oregon	30	145
Nevada	30	21
Alaska	29	8

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	188
Ethnic Studies	166

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	3,067
Communication & Journalism	1,429
English Language & Literature	745
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	673
History	513
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	475
Philosophy & Religious Studies	309
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	237
Theology & Religious Vocations	81

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.