2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #26 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

College Factual looked at 10 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 993 bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies to qualified students.

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

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 - How many other area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 easy is it for area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies related body.

Our full 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 bachelor's degree.

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

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Great Lakes Region

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

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

110 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

54 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Notre Dame

3

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Wisconsin - Madison

4

Miami University - Oxford
Oxford, OH

39 Annual Graduates

Miami University - Oxford is a great decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Miami University - Oxford

5

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

6

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Indiana University - Bloomington

7

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Ohio State University - Main Campus

8

Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH

49 Annual Graduates

Oberlin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Oberlin.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Oberlin College

9

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

65 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Illinois at Chicago

10

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

GVSU is a very large public university located in the fringe town of Allendale.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Grand Valley State University

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

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	35	281
Ohio	34	304
Illinois	34	246
Indiana	33	146
Wisconsin	31	155

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies	559
Area Studies	401
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other)	33

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	16,644
Communication & Journalism	11,839
English Language & Literature	4,365
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	3,835
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	3,279
History	2,881
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	2,008
Philosophy & Religious Studies	1,404
Theology & Religious Vocations	1,334

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.