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. Of the 6,871 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Provo in 2021, 69 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.

BYU Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

BYU Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how BYU performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools	99

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in area studies from BYU. This is the #100 most popular school for area studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Area Studies Graduates from BYU Make?

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at BYU is $30,421. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allarea studies bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 students earned a bachelor's degree in area studies from BYU. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 77% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	53
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

BYU 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 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.