Area Studies at California State University - Northridge

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from CSUN.

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.

CSUN Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

CSUN Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at CSUN 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 CSUN 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
Best Value Area Studies Schools	52
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	188
Most Focused Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299

Area Studies Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area studies from CSUN in 2021, 33% were men and 67% 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 California State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CSUN 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Northridge.

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.