Area Studies at Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College stacks up to those at other schools.

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,507 students attend the school each year. Of the 717 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College in 2021, 11 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.

Gettysburg Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Gettysburg Area Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Gettysburg 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 Schools	53
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114

Area Studies Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg 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 Jason Kowell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.