Area Studies at St Mary’s College of Maryland

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

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and has a total student population of 1,508. Of the 387 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St Mary's College of Maryland in 2021, 2 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.

SMCM Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

SMCM Area Studies Rankings

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

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 SMCM 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	151
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	290

Area Studies Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 area studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from SMCM. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at SMCM 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in area studies.

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

SMCM 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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	160	$86,280

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
• Image Credit: By Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.