Area Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo

What traits are you looking for in a area studies school? To help you decide if University of Hawaii at Hilo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area studies program.

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from UH Hilo.

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.

UH Hilo Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

UH Hilo Area Studies Rankings

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

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 UH Hilo 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	68
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	135
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	157

Area Studies Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

The area studies program at UH Hilo awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UH Hilo 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	200	$71,610

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.