Area Studies at Amherst College

If you are interested in studying area studies, you may want to check out the program at Amherst College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Amherst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Amherst Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Amherst performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Area Studies Schools	11
	20
Most Focused Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
	22
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	23
Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	127

Area Studies Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in area studies from Amherst. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Amherst also has a doctoral program available in area studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.