Area Studies at Simmons University

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

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,263. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Simmons.

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.

Simmons Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Simmons Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Simmons 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 Simmons 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	214
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	229
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	254

Area Studies Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in area studies from Simmons. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Simmons University with a bachelor's in area studies.

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

Simmons 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 MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.