Area Studies at McDaniel College

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

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and approximately 2,931 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from McDaniel.

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.

McDaniel Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

McDaniel Area Studies Rankings

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

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 McDaniel 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	90
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	168

Area Studies Student Demographics at McDaniel

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

McDaniel Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in area studies from McDaniel. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men.

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 McDaniel College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

McDaniel also has a doctoral program available in area studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	160	$86,280

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.