Area Studies at Augustana College

What traits are you looking for in a area studies school? To help you decide if Augustana College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area studies program.

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and approximately 2,389 students attend the school each year. Of the 914 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Augustana College in 2021, 3 of them were area studies majors.

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.

Augustana Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Augustana Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Augustana compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Augustana 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
Most Focused Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	160
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	181
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	250

Area Studies Student Demographics at Augustana

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

Augustana Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area Studies from Augustana in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Augustana College with a bachelor's in area studies.

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

Augustana 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 IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.