Area Studies at Eckerd College

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

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and has a total student population of 1,822. In 2021, 5 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Eckerd.

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.

Eckerd Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Eckerd Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Eckerd 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 Eckerd 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	77
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	84

Area Studies Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in area studies from Eckerd. About 20% of these graduates were women and the other 80% were men. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Eckerd since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Eckerd 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 Eckerd College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eckerd 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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	270	$77,360

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 User:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.