Area Studies at Stony Brook University

Every area studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area studies program at Stony Brook University stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and approximately 26,782 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Stony Brook.

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.

SUNY Stony Brook Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

SUNY Stony Brook Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at SUNY Stony Brook 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 SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 area studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Stony Brook. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Stony Brook University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SUNY Stony Brook 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 NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

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
• Image Credit: By Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.