Area Studies at Old Dominion University

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

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 24,286 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Old Dominion.

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.

Old Dominion Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Old Dominion Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at Old Dominion University.

Old Dominion Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area studies from Old Dominion in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Old Dominion since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Old Dominion 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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.