Area Studies at Bucknell University

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

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,726. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Bucknell.

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.

Bucknell Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Bucknell Area Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Bucknell 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	86

Area Studies Student Demographics at Bucknell

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

Bucknell Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Bucknell since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Bucknell are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Bucknell University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bucknell 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 PA, the home state for Bucknell University.

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.