Area Studies at College of Charleston

If you plan to study area studies, take a look at what College of Charleston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a total student population of 10,384. Of the 2,134 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of Charleston 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.

C of C Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

C of C Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at C of C 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 C of C 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	214
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	254

Area Studies Student Demographics at C of C

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

C of C Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area Studies from C of C in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in area studies.

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

C of C 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 College of Charleston.

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.