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

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Ohio 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 242 bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 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

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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio.

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 Ohio

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

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

1

Miami University - Oxford
Oxford, OH

39 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies has to look into Miami University - Oxford. Miami University - Oxford is a large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Miami University - Oxford

2

Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH

49 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Oberlin College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Located in the fringe town of Oberlin, Oberlin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Oberlin College

Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	124
Ethnic Studies	118

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	3,839
Communication & Journalism	3,037
English Language & Literature	1,151
History	734
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	711
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	685
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	643
Philosophy & Religious Studies	361
Theology & Religious Vocations	292

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.