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

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Minnesota 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 181 bachelor's degrees in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 complete 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

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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

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

1

St Olaf College
Northfield, MN

41 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to check out St Olaf College. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Northfield.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from St Olaf College

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies has to check out Minnesota State University - Mankato. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Minnesota State University - Mankato

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	35	141
Kansas	33	85
Iowa	32	83
South Dakota	31	19
Nebraska	31	36
North Dakota	30	15

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies	115
Area Studies	66

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	2,138
Communication & Journalism	1,039
English Language & Literature	656
Theology & Religious Vocations	506
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	475
History	317
Philosophy & Religious Studies	221
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	162
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	61

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.