Area Studies at Rice University

If you are interested in studying area studies, you may want to check out the program at Rice University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Rice.

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.

Rice Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Rice Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Rice 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 Rice 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 Schools	145

Area Studies Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in area studies from Rice. About 46% of these graduates were women and the other 54% were men. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rice 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.