Area Studies at University of Richmond

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

URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and approximately 4,056 students attend the school each year. Of the 984 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Richmond in 2021, 19 of them were area studies majors.

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.

URichmond Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

URichmond Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at URichmond 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 URichmond 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 Schools	90
Best Value Area Studies Schools	92

Earnings of URichmond Area Studies Graduates

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at URichmond is $25,863. This is less than $30,421, which is the national average of all area studies majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Area Studies Student Demographics at URichmond

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

URichmond Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in area studies from URichmond. About 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at URichmond since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at URichmond 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 Richmond with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

URichmond 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 VA, the home state for University of Richmond.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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 Andrij Bulba under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.