Area Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

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

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 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.

BYU Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

BYU Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at BYU 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 BYU

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

BYU Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Area Studies

If you plan to be a area studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brigham Young University - Provo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Latin American Studies	25
American U.S. Studies	18
Asian Studies	7
German Studies	7
Central & Eastern European Studies	6
European Studies	6

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	30	$87,380

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.