SUMMARY
Majoring in Women's Studies is not only a valuable choice, but generally a necessary first step for undergrads wanting to pursue a career as a recruiting coordinator, a human resources analyst, or an organizational development specialist. Interestingly, women's studies is a ​unique major ranking as the 148th most popular major. Last year alone, there were 2,111 women's studies graduates. In-state tuition for women's studies at private colleges is, on average, 4.6 times more spendy than their public counterparts.
There are 305 colleges which offer women's studies. 305 schools is on par with other programs offered in the United States. If you are hoping to surround yourself with other women's studies undergrads, consider universities in California which have more students admitted to women's studies than any other state. Zooming out, the top region to pursue women's studies is in the Mid East region with American University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and CUNY Hunter College best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the best conference to major in women's studies is the Big Ten Conference with University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and University of Wisconsin-Madison representing the conference. That being said, our choice for the best university for women's studies is Harvard University. You may also want to check out our list of best colleges.
The best school might not actually be the best school for you. There might be tons more factors to consider when selecting institution. External stuff such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food would definitely change your feelings of where to go to university. At Authority, we examined the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which women's studies college is home to the top campus, the answer is Harvard University. If, for example, you are very interested in which school has the finest campus, we have an entire list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, government databases, professor reviews, and more in order to compare every major in the United States in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can explore our well researched list for the schools with the best student life and from that list, our choice for the school with the best student life for women's studies is Barnard College. Curious why? Continue scrolling to find out more about Authority's top recommendations. Some of our picks just might shock you.
If price is a significant influence in your choice of where you attend school, you might consider avoiding George Washington University. George Washington University appears to be our most expensive school for women's studies, at least regarding out of state students. We do have a page for the most expensive colleges that might put the price tag at George Washington University into perspective. For more context, you may want to know that women's studies is the 42nd most expensive degree in the nation, with an average bill of $50,600. To zoom out a little, the most costly state for women's studies on our list is Vermont demonstrated with a cost of $55,790 at Middlebury College. To zoom out even further, the most costly region for women's studies is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Connecticut College with a cost of $56,540, Amherst College with a cost of $57,640, and Williams College with a cost of $56,970.
Our cheapest region for women's studies is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by University of Colorado Boulder with a cost of $34,930, The University of Montana with a cost of $24,144, and University of Utah with a cost of $26,017. In better news, the most affordable college for women's studies is University of Florida. Authority's comprehensive list of the most affordable universities can be explored here.
In-state learners can anticipate paying about $11,200 for a degree in women's studies. The price grows significantly to a median of $27,800 for the out-of-state public-school undergrad. As such, you might be interested in our selection for the school constituting the best value for women's studies: Duke University. On this page you can find our comprehensive list of the colleges we believe to be the best value overall. With that said, this section is predicated on being an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, as such, we are using out-of-state tuition as the baseline.
Earnings for women's studies majors differ a lot, but two years after finishing the degree graduates will typically earn around $44,100. There is a lot of variation in earnings potential; top positions can enjoy pay up to $77,900. Straight out of school, the minimum earning opportunities within the women's studies field earn $25,000, which isn't that bad. The top earning grads for women's studies attended Duke University and if you are looking for schools with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.
The prevailing diversity of women's studies lies subpar, ranking in the 39th percentile of all majors. The school with the most composite diversity for women's studies is Yale University and here you can find our general list of the schools which have the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of the Women's Studies major only ranks in the 49th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is actually greater, in the 52nd percentile. White collegians compose the largest proportion, 61%, of those majoring in women's studies. Additionally, 93% of scholars pursuing a women's studies degree are women.
The median score of women's studies' professors is 4.5 stars, a ranking that is 13% better than the median score for all majors; this is a pretty good ranking. If you want the most popular women's studies professor nationally, take a look at Jeff Harrington at Berklee College of Music. This may come as a shock, but the best ranked professors for women's studies according to students come from Berklee College of Music. If we including information beyond simply rankings we find that the university possessing the best instructors for women's studies is Harvard University. You will find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, along with some of the top instructors in the U.S.
Finally, the most difficult university to get into for women's studies is Harvard University. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we have a general page for the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, here at Authority we hope you believe that looking at academics with context only derived from superlatives might cause issues. We at Authority encourage you to read our other pages on different topics and peruse a couple of our helpful background pages on important things to look for as your school search continues.