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Area Studies at Oberlin College

Area Studies at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,658.

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.

Oberlin Area Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Oberlin Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Oberlin 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.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in area studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 19
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Area Studies

The following area studies concentations are available at Oberlin College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Oberlin College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
East Asian Studies 19
American U.S. Studies 12
Latin American Studies 7
Russian Studies 3

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 250 $80,260

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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