Area Studies at Pitzer College

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every area studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area studies program at Pitzer College stacks up to those at other schools.

Pitzer is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 922.

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.

Pitzer Area Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Pitzer Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Pitzer 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 Pitzer

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

Pitzer Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Pitzer since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Pitzer College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Area Studies

The following area studies concentations are available at Pitzer College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pitzer College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
American U.S. Studies	2
Japanese Studies	1

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 CA, the home state for Pitzer College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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
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