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CIP PROGRAM: 05.0207
Women's Studies.

Summary: A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literature, philosophy, and the arts as much as on social studies and policy.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 107 2097 164
2021 136 1961 172
2022 269 1920 140
2023 324 1823 178
2024 325 1692 177
Change +202.80% -13.07% +8.54%

Related CIPs

05 AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
05.02 Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
05.0200 Ethnic Studies.
05.0201 African-American/Black Studies.
05.0202 American Indian/Native American Studies.
05.0203 Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies.
05.0206 Asian-American Studies.
05.0207 Women's Studies.
05.0208 Gay/Lesbian Studies.
05.0209 Folklore Studies.
05.0210 Disability Studies.
05.0211 Deaf Studies.
05.0212 Comparative Group Studies.
05.0299 Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Women's Studies.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Agnes Scott College4 -25.00%
Albion College1 -
American University4 -60.00%
Amherst College4 -
Appalachian State University6 -50.00%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion4 +50.00%
Arizona State University Digital Immersion14 +550.00%
Augsburg University1 +100.00%
Augustana College9 -33.33%
Ball State University8 -16.67%
Barnard College15 +40.00%
Bates College4 -12.50%
Beloit College1 -
Berea College2 -77.78%
Binghamton University2 -
Brandeis University16 -52.17%
Bucknell University4 +100.00%
Butler University4 +100.00%
CUNY Brooklyn College4 -20.00%
CUNY Hunter College15 +45.45%
CUNY Queens College2 -57.14%
Cabrini University1 -
California State University-Dominguez Hills7 -
California State University-Fresno10 -16.67%
California State University-Fullerton8 +50.00%
California State University-Long Beach16 +5.56%
California State University-Sacramento14 -28.00%
California State University-San Marcos5 -66.67%
Carleton College9 +100.00%
Case Western Reserve University6 -
Central Michigan University2 -12.50%
Central Washington University4 -66.67%
Chatham University1 -
Clark University12 +20.00%
Clemson University17 -
Cleveland State University4 -
Coastal Carolina University4 -
Colby College2 -20.00%
Colgate University8 -
College of Charleston10 +11.11%
College of Saint Benedict1 -75.00%
College of Staten Island CUNY1 +100.00%
Colorado College5 +20.00%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins5 -
Connecticut College9 +33.33%
Cottey College2 -
Dartmouth College11 -20.00%
DePaul University8 -
Denison University5 -50.00%
Dickinson College9 -90.00%
Dominican University1 -100.00%
Drew University1 -80.00%
Duke University7 -22.22%
Earlham College3 -75.00%
Eastern Connecticut State University6 -
Eastern Michigan University5 -77.78%
Eastern Washington University2 -33.33%
Eckerd College2 +300.00%
Emory University14 +133.33%
Florida International University21 -27.59%
Fordham University5 -14.29%
Fort Lewis College1 -100.00%
Franklin and Marshall College2 -
Furman University3 -
George Washington University12 +26.67%
Georgetown University9 -
Georgia Southern University3 -
Gettysburg College7 -66.67%
Goucher College3 -66.67%
Grand Valley State University11 +66.67%
Grinnell College17 +36.36%
Gustavus Adolphus College5 -
Hamilton College5 +40.00%
Hamline University2 -55.56%
Harvard University18 +30.00%
Hobart William Smith Colleges3 +40.00%
Hollins University5 +133.33%
Hope College3 -66.67%
Iowa State University11 +40.00%
Ithaca College3 -
Kansas State University7 +100.00%
Keene State College6 -37.50%
Kenyon College6 -54.55%
Lafayette College11 -30.00%
Lehigh University5 -100.00%
Lindsey Wilson College2 -
Loyola Marymount University7 -8.33%
Loyola University Chicago6 +100.00%
Macalester College2 -50.00%
Mercer University3 -33.33%
Merrimack College7 -50.00%
Metropolitan State University2 +300.00%
Miami University-Oxford4 -30.00%
Michigan State University9 +120.00%
Middlebury College12 -30.77%
Minnesota State University Moorhead2 -
Minnesota State University-Mankato13 -22.22%
Montclair State University4 -72.73%
Nebraska Wesleyan University2 -
New Jersey City University1 +50.00%
North Dakota State University-Main Campus5 -
Northern Arizona University3 -71.43%
Northland College1 -50.00%
Oakland University2 +50.00%
Oberlin College4 +28.57%
Ohio State University-Main Campus21 -24.00%
Ohio University-Main Campus4 -
Ohio Wesleyan University3 +50.00%
Old Dominion University6 -35.71%
Oregon State University10 +200.00%
Otterbein University6 +50.00%
Pace University10 +250.00%
Pacific Lutheran University1 -75.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus9 -23.08%
Pitzer College2 -71.43%
Pomona College2 +100.00%
Portland State University4 -45.45%
Providence College6 +200.00%
Purdue University Fort Wayne4 -71.43%
Purdue University-Main Campus7 +60.00%
Randolph-Macon College1 -100.00%
Regis University1 -
Rhode Island College5 -100.00%
Rice University5 -40.00%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick11 -50.00%
Rutgers University-Newark1 -
SUNY Brockport7 +14.29%
SUNY College at Geneseo2 -
SUNY College at Plattsburgh5 -38.89%
SUNY College at Potsdam2 -50.00%
SUNY Oneonta2 -
SUNY at Purchase College2 +25.00%
Saint Ambrose University1 +300.00%
Saint Louis University3 -28.57%
Saint Mary's College5 +166.67%
Saint Mary's College of California5 -100.00%
San Diego State University16 -20.00%
San Francisco State University1 -
Santa Clara University8 -
Scripps College2 +200.00%
Seattle University1 -40.00%
Simmons University4 -50.00%
Smith College32 +7.14%
Sonoma State University19 -17.24%
Southern Oregon University3 -
Southwestern University4 +20.00%
Spelman College13 -
St Catherine University2 +50.00%
St Olaf College4 +66.67%
State University of New York at New Paltz7 -73.68%
State University of New York at Oswego4 +200.00%
Stony Brook University10 +41.67%
Swarthmore College2 +50.00%
Syracuse University2 -
Temple University3 -41.67%
Texas A & M University-College Station6 -71.43%
Texas Christian University3 +200.00%
Texas Woman's University1 -
The College of New Jersey2 +100.00%
The University of Montana10 -35.71%
The University of Texas at Austin5 -52.94%
The University of Texas at El Paso2 -
The University of Texas at San Antonio7 -
The University of the South3 -100.00%
Towson University3 -53.85%
Trinity College1 +500.00%
Tufts University7 +300.00%
University at Albany9 -45.45%
University of Arizona9 +27.27%
University of California-Berkeley23 +11.11%
University of California-Santa Barbara23 +57.14%
University of California-Santa Cruz36 -48.98%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus3 -
University of Colorado Boulder12 +11.76%
University of Connecticut19 -11.11%
University of Dayton3 -
University of Delaware22 +58.82%
University of Florida39 +86.36%
University of Georgia11 -
University of Hawaii at Hilo2 -87.50%
University of Hawaii at Manoa11 +28.57%
University of Iowa6 -36.36%
University of Kansas17 -14.29%
University of Louisville7 -22.22%
University of Maine4 -75.00%
University of Maryland-Baltimore County6 -100.00%
University of Maryland-College Park6 -58.33%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst11 -33.33%
University of Massachusetts-Boston7 +62.50%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth7 -77.78%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor22 -43.18%
University of Michigan-Dearborn1 -90.91%
University of Minnesota-Duluth6 +25.00%
University of Minnesota-Morris1 -
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities6 -61.54%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln3 -
University of Nevada-Las Vegas2 -42.86%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus13 -5.56%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus13 -78.57%
University of North Carolina Asheville6 -16.67%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill17 -32.50%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro12 -55.56%
University of North Dakota2 -
University of Notre Dame8 +140.00%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus4 +33.33%
University of Oregon15 -28.57%
University of Pennsylvania6 +20.00%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus11 +5.88%
University of Redlands5 +150.00%
University of Rhode Island11 +26.67%
University of Richmond3 -33.33%
University of Rochester12 -20.00%
University of South Carolina-Columbia10 +40.00%
University of South Florida6 -50.00%
University of Southern Maine2 -14.29%
University of St Thomas2 -
University of Toledo2 +200.00%
University of Tulsa2 +100.00%
University of Utah20 +17.39%
University of Vermont5 +33.33%
University of Washington-Bothell Campus12 +40.00%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus22 -58.06%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire5 -45.45%
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse9 -80.00%
University of Wisconsin-Madison35 +11.11%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee4 +25.00%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh3 +25.00%
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater6 +20.00%
University of Wyoming10 +100.00%
Vassar College4 +75.00%
Villanova University1 -
Virginia Commonwealth University15 +15.38%
Virginia Wesleyan University1 -66.67%
Wake Forest University8 -42.86%
Washington State University2 -
Webster University2 +100.00%
Wellesley College18 +8.33%
Wells College2 -100.00%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania5 +60.00%
Western Michigan University5 -85.71%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)2 +28.57%
Wichita State University2 +166.67%
Willamette University3 -54.55%
William Paterson University of New Jersey5 +33.33%
Williams College6 +16.67%
Yale University8 -53.85%