Area Studies at Hope College

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

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and approximately 3,061 students attend the school each year. Of the 831 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hope College in 2021, 2 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.

Hope Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Hope Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Hope 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 Hope 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 Popular Area Studies Schools	290

Area Studies Student Demographics at Hope

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

Hope Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 area studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Hope, about 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Hope since its program graduates 60% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Hope 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 Hope 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hope 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 MI, the home state for Hope College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI

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 Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.