Area Studies at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year.

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.

UCR Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

UCR Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at UCR 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 UCR

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

UCR Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Area Studies

The following area studies concentations are available at University of California - Riverside. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Riverside. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Asian Studies	9
Latin American Studies	4
Russian Studies	4
Near & Middle Eastern Studies	2
Southeast Asian Studies	2

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 - Riverside.

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.