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

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. It is ranked #26 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 14 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,091 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 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 the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

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

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

172 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

56 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Emory University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Emory University

3

William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

William & Mary is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Located in the suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from William & Mary

4

University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA

17 Annual Graduates

University of Richmond is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of University of Richmond.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of Richmond

5

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Gainesville, UF 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 Florida

6

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of South Carolina - Columbia

7

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

54 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Virginia Commonwealth University

8

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Louisville, UofL 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 Louisville

9

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte 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 North Carolina at Charlotte

10

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

UNC Greensboro is a large public university located in the large city of Greensboro.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	430
Mississippi	34	4
Florida	34	207
Virginia	34	242
Alabama	33	29
Georgia	33	191
West Virginia	32	4
Tennessee	32	70
South Carolina	32	141
Kentucky	31	79
Louisiana	31	17
Arkansas	30	0

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	597
Ethnic Studies	494

Most Popular Majors Related to Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	28,960
Communication & Journalism	19,919
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	9,766
English Language & Literature	7,928
History	5,756
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	4,804
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	3,617
Philosophy & Religious Studies	2,748
Theology & Religious Vocations	2,097

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.