Area Studies at Claflin University

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

Claflin is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and approximately 2,048 students attend the school each year. Of the 437 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Claflin University in 2021, 4 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.

Claflin Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Claflin Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Claflin 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 Claflin 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	197
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	229

Area Studies Student Demographics at Claflin

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

Claflin Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area Studies from Claflin in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% 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 Claflin University with a bachelor's in area studies.

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

Claflin 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 SC, the home state for Claflin University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.