Area Studies at University of California - Irvine

If you are interested in studying area studies, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Irvine. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from UC Irvine.

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.

UC Irvine Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

UC Irvine Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at UC Irvine 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 UC Irvine 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 Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
	93

Area Studies Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in area studies from UC Irvine in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UC Irvine 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.