Area Studies at Bradley University

If you plan to study area studies, take a look at what Bradley University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and approximately 5,855 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,287 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in 2021, 5 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.

Bradley Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Bradley Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Bradley 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 Bradley 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	167
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	191
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	204

Area Studies Student Demographics at Bradley

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

Bradley Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area studies from Bradley in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Bradley are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

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

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 IL, the home state for Bradley University.

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 AscendedAnathema under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.