Area Studies at University of Notre Dame

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

Notre Dame is located in Notre Dame, Indiana and approximately 12,809 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Notre Dame.

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.

Notre Dame Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Notre Dame Area Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Notre Dame 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	134

Area Studies Student Demographics at Notre Dame

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

Notre Dame Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

The area studies program at Notre Dame awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Notre Dame are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Notre Dame 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 IN, the home state for University of Notre Dame.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	60	$79,960

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 Ssantera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.