Is a Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies degree worth it?
Across 75 schools, graduates of Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies earn a median $51,370 five years out on $20,500 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Interpreters and Translators (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$51,370
Median debt
$20,500
Years to pay off
4
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
88%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+1.7%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
6.6%
$57,224 vs $53,474
Net price
$18,747/yr
Debt-test failures
9.7%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$17,760
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.