Area Studies at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,040 students attend the school each year. Of the 628 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College in 2021, 17 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.

Mt. Holyoke Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Mt. Holyoke Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Mt. Holyoke 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 Mt. Holyoke 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	24
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	26
	47
	47
Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Best Value Area Studies Schools	97
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	97

Area Studies Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in area studies from Mt. Holyoke. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Mt. Holyoke are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mt. Holyoke 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.