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Area Studies at Dickinson College

Area Studies at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,932 students attend the school each year.

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.

Dickinson Area Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Dickinson Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Dickinson 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.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Dickinson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Dickinson College with a bachelor's in area studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Area Studies

The following area studies concentations are available at Dickinson College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Dickinson College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Italian Studies 14
American U.S. Studies 6
African Studies 3
Latin American Studies 3

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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 440 $93,440

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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