Area Studies at Carleton College

Every area studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area studies program at Carleton College stacks up to those at other schools.

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 1,940 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Carleton.

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.

Carleton Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Carleton Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Carleton 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 Carleton 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	21
Best Area Studies Schools	25
Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
	64
Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66
Best Value Area Studies Schools	76
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82

How Much Do Area Studies Graduates from Carleton Make?

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carleton is $27,669. This is less than $30,421, which is the national average of all area studies majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Carleton

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

Carleton Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area studies from Carleton in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carleton College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carleton 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 MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$86,000

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 Dogs1337 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.