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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 177 bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * 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 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 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.

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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

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

1

William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat William & Mary if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Williamsburg.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from William & Mary

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

54 Annual Graduates

Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. VCU is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Virginia Commonwealth University

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	430
Mississippi	34	4
Florida	34	207
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	102
Ethnic Studies	75

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	5,113
Communication & Journalism	1,986
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	1,918
English Language & Literature	1,369
History	1,160
Philosophy & Religious Studies	930
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	761
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	554
Theology & Religious Vocations	243

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.