Area Studies at Barnard College
If you are interested in studying area studies, you may want to check out the program at Barnard College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.Barnard is located in New York, New York and approximately 2,744 students attend the school each year.
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.
Barnard Area Studies Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies
Barnard Area Studies Rankings
The area studies major at Barnard 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.
Area Studies Student Demographics at Barnard
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at Barnard College.
Barnard Area Studies Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Barnard College with a bachelor's in area studies.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Concentrations Within Area Studies
The following area studies concentations are available at Barnard College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Barnard College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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American U.S. Studies | 24 |
Asian Studies | 6 |
African Studies | 4 |
Russian Studies | 1 |
French Studies | 1 |
Related Majors
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 NY, the home state for Barnard College.
Occupation | Jobs in NY | Average Salary in NY |
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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors | 1,510 | $93,280 |
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 Beyond My Ken under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.