Area Studies at Skidmore College

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Skidmore is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 2,582.

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.

Skidmore Area Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Skidmore Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Skidmore 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 Skidmore

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

Skidmore Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Skidmore since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Skidmore 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 Skidmore College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Area Studies

Area Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Skidmore College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
American U.S. Studies	11
Asian Studies	2

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 NY, the home state for Skidmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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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