2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England 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 15 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,122 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

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 good 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 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.

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

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 the New England Region.

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 New England Region

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

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

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

88 Annual Graduates

Yale University is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Yale University

2

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Annual Graduates

Brown University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Brown University

3

Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

68 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to take a look at Dartmouth College. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Dartmouth College

4

Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA

43 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies needs to look into Wellesley College. Wellesley is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Wellesley.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Wellesley College

5

Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME

47 Annual Graduates

Located in the fringe town of Brunswick, Bowdoin 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 Bowdoin College

6

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

78 Annual Graduates

Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Waltham.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Brandeis University

7

Connecticut College
New London, CT

28 Annual Graduates

Conn College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of New London.More information about a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies from Connecticut College

8

Amherst College
Amherst, MA

33 Annual Graduates

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

9

Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT

28 Annual Graduates

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

10

Smith College
Northampton, MA

63 Annual Graduates

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

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

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	33	555
New Hampshire	32	112
Vermont	32	59
Maine	32	102
Rhode Island	32	122
Connecticut	31	276

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

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies	637
Ethnic Studies	485

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

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	13,173
Communication & Journalism	5,118
English Language & Literature	3,455
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	3,104
History	2,234
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	1,513
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	1,064
Philosophy & Religious Studies	862
Theology & Religious Vocations	118

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.