Area Studies at California State University - Long Beach

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 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.

CSULB Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies
• Master’s Degree in Area Studies

CSULB Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at CSULB 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 CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 CSULB since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

CSULB Area Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of area studies master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the area studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in area studies.

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

Concentrations Within Area Studies

Area Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
American U.S. Studies	21
Asian Studies	16
Italian Studies	6
East Asian Studies	5

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.