Area Studies at Southwestern University

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

Southwestern is located in Georgetown, Texas and has a total student population of 1,506. Of the 364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University in 2021, 4 of them were area studies majors.

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.

Southwestern Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Southwestern Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Southwestern performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Southwestern 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	67
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	74
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	229

Area Studies Student Demographics at Southwestern

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

Southwestern Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area studies from Southwestern in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Southwestern University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Southwestern also has a doctoral program available in area studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 Southwestern 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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.