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Best Colleges for Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, by Earnings

385 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, about 4,911 degrees a year. Across the 95 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $51,872 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Brandeis University	MA	$73,256	27	40.5%
2	Pennsylvania State University	PA	$72,063	17	60.6%
3	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$67,291	112	11%
4	Yale University	CT	$65,213	49	3.9%
5	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	MA	$64,701	12	67.7%
6	University of Notre Dame	IN	$64,152	25	11.3%
7	Sonoma State University	CA	$64,116	34	93.4%
8	American University	DC	$63,553	7	62%
9	University of Michigan	MI	$63,426	30	15.6%
10	University of Delaware	DE	$61,443	27	70.6%
11	San Francisco State University	CA	$59,990	83	96.4%
12	Mount Holyoke College	MA	$59,843	13	36%
13	University of New Hampshire	NH	$59,567	13	88.2%
14	University of Maryland	MD	$59,461	10	44.8%
15	Northwestern University	IL	$59,372	19	7.7%
16	DePaul University	IL	$59,016	12	75.9%
17	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$59,004	95	33%
18	Emory University	GA	$58,745	19	10.7%
19	University of California-Davis	CA	$58,670	160	41.8%
20	University of Virginia	VA	$57,646	32	16.8%
21	University of Washington	WA	$57,534	66	39.1%
22	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$57,534	12	90.6%
23	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$57,534	12	82.5%
24	University of Texas at Austin	TX	$57,292	28	26.6%
25	California State University-East Bay	CA	$57,145	37	97.4%
26	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$56,907	21	56.6%
27	Washington State University	WA	$56,880	6	86.6%
28	University of California-Riverside	CA	$56,555	44	76.4%
29	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$56,188	80	94%
30	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$56,138	56	58.4%
31	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$55,970	27	91.3%
32	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$55,798	120	65.8%
33	Columbia University	NY	$55,472	36	4%
34	San Diego State University	CA	$55,230	44	36.2%
35	University of Southern California	CA	$55,208	10	9.8%
36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$55,164	15	58.1%
37	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$55,164	6	71.4%
38	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$55,164	2	66.3%
39	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$55,088	189	9%
40	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$54,897	15	45.1%
41	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$54,798	18	79.6%
42	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$54,691	26	15.3%
43	St Olaf College	MN	$54,100	28	48.3%
44	University of Oregon	OR	$54,057	47	88.3%
45	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$53,509	12	83.8%
46	University of California-San Diego	CA	$53,319	33	26.7%
47	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$52,747	5	98.8%
48	Grand Valley State University	MI	$51,872	11	83%
49	University of Florida	FL	$51,791	54	24.2%
50	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$51,569	26	53.8%
51	Arizona State University	AZ	$51,565	28	89.9%
52	University at Albany	NY	$51,565	18	69.1%
53	University of Memphis	TN	$51,232	11	72%
54	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$50,941	28	42.4%
55	University of Arizona	AZ	$50,784	19	86.1%
56	University of Louisville	KY	$50,715	10	79.4%
57	California State University-Northridge	CA	$50,708	188	93.5%
58	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$50,694	15	88.4%
59	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$50,453	70	46.3%
60	Oregon State University	OR	$50,421	14	77.3%
61	Towson University	MD	$50,406	19	82%
62	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	NY	$50,030	5	78.4%
63	Montclair State University	NJ	$49,429	4	87.9%
64	University of Minnesota	MN	$49,305	14	79.8%
65	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$48,934	38	45.2%
66	University of Connecticut	CT	$48,810	21	52.4%
67	CUNY City College	NY	$48,637	21	60%
68	Indiana University	IN	$48,572	19	78.2%
69	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$47,880	52	86.6%
70	University of California-Irvine	CA	$47,471	25	28.6%
71	Keene State College	NH	$46,990	6	90.3%
72	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$46,384	26	90.5%
73	Smith College	MA	$46,136	39	21%
74	University of South Florida	FL	$46,115	9	43.2%
75	University of Iowa	IA	$46,063	11	83.6%
76	Metropolitan State University	MN	$45,801	5	98.7%
77	SUNY Brockport	NY	$45,729	11	70.7%
78	State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	$45,563	16	61.6%
79	Stanford University	CA	$45,519	24	3.6%
80	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$45,294	24	88.5%
81	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$45,253	51	77.3%
82	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$45,139	39	95.2%
83	Columbia College Chicago	IL	$44,703	6	89.5%
84	Rhode Island College	RI	$44,144	6	91.8%
85	Georgia State University	GA	$43,975	15	55.4%
86	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$43,082	15	75.2%
87	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	CA	$43,064	24	98.2%
88	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$42,635	8	87.5%
89	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$42,435	5	90.7%
90	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$42,233	27	92.6%
91	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$42,073	8	79.6%
92	Ohio State University	OH	$40,713	30	60.6%
93	Temple University	PA	$39,449	8	80.4%
94	University of Puget Sound	WA	$37,553	12	72.3%
95	Spelman College	GA	$25,137	13	24.9%

290 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies graduates?

Brandeis University ($73,256), Pennsylvania State University ($72,063), University of California-Berkeley ($67,291), Yale University ($65,213), Wheaton College (Massachusetts) ($64,701) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies majors make?

The median across 95 colleges is $51,872 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $25,137 to $73,256.

Which colleges have the biggest Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: University of California-Los Angeles (189), California State University-Northridge (188), University of California-Davis (160), University of California-Santa Cruz (120), University of California-Berkeley (112).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.