Area Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 60 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from VCU.

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.

VCU Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

VCU Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at VCU 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 VCU 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
	45
Best Value Area Studies Schools	53

How Much Do Area Studies Graduates from VCU Make?

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $31,111. This is 2% higher than $30,421, which is the national average for all area studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Area Studies Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area Studies from VCU in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	26
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

VCU 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 Virginia Commonwealth University.

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.