Area Studies at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Towson.

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.

Towson Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Towson Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at Towson compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Towson 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	194

Area Studies Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area Studies from Towson in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Towson since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Towson 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.