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. In 2021, 26 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Dickinson.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Dickinson 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	11
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	67

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

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area studies from Dickinson in 2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Dickinson 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.