Area Studies at Bryn Mawr College

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

Bryn Mawr is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,634 students attend the school each year. Of the 351 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College in 2021, 3 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.

Bryn Mawr Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Bryn Mawr Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Bryn Mawr 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 Bryn Mawr 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 Schools	121
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	217
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	250

Area Studies Student Demographics at Bryn Mawr

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at Bryn Mawr College.

Bryn Mawr Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 area studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% 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 Bryn Mawr College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bryn Mawr 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 PA, the home state for Bryn Mawr College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.