Area Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from UNLV.

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.

UNLV Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

UNLV Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how UNLV 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 UNLV 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	41

Area Studies Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in area studies from UNLV. About 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 35% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in area studies.

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

UNLV 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.