Area Studies at Colby College

What traits are you looking for in a area studies school? To help you decide if Colby College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area studies program.

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Colby.

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.

Colby Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Colby Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Colby performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Colby 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	33
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	34
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	107

Area Studies Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 area studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colby, about 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Colby are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Colby 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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$79,080

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 Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.