Area Studies at Rhodes College

What traits are you looking for in a area studies school? To help you decide if Rhodes College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area studies program.

Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 1,875. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Rhodes College.

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.

Rhodes College Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Rhodes College Area Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Rhodes College 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	29
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	31
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	136

Area Studies Student Demographics at Rhodes College

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

Rhodes College Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Rhodes College 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 Rhodes College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rhodes College 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 TN, the home state for Rhodes College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$76,650

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 Ed Uthman, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.