Area Studies at Hamilton College

If you plan to study area studies, take a look at what Hamilton College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Hamilton is located in Clinton, New York and approximately 1,902 students attend the school each year. Of the 597 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College in 2021, 13 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.

Hamilton Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Hamilton Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Hamilton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Hamilton 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	32
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	118

Area Studies Student Demographics at Hamilton

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

Hamilton Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in area studies from Hamilton. About 77% were men and 23% were women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Hamilton since its program graduates 37% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Hamilton College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Hamilton 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 NY, the home state for Hamilton College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Lvklock under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.