Area Studies at Franklin and Marshall College

Every area studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area studies program at Franklin and Marshall College stacks up to those at other schools.

Franklin and Marshall is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,254 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Franklin and Marshall.

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.

Franklin and Marshall Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Franklin and Marshall Area Studies Rankings

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

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 Franklin and Marshall 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	20
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	22
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	94

Area Studies Student Demographics at Franklin and Marshall

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

Franklin and Marshall Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 area studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Franklin and Marshall, about 22% were men and 78% 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 Franklin and Marshall College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Franklin and Marshall 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 Franklin and Marshall 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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.