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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Barnard.

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
	7
Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Value Area Studies Schools	40
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	46

Earnings of Barnard Area Studies Graduates

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Barnard is $42,983. This is 41% higher than $30,421, which is the national average for all area studies bachelor's degree recipients.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Barnard 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 NY, the home state for Barnard College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
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.