Area Studies at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537. In 2021, 27 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt.

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.

Vanderbilt Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies
• Master’s Degree in Area Studies

Vanderbilt Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Vanderbilt 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.

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in area studies from Vanderbilt. This is the #84 most popular school for area studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students earned a bachelor's degree in area studies from Vanderbilt. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Vanderbilt Area Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a master's degree in area studies from Vanderbilt.

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

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

Vanderbilt 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$76,650

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.