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Area Studies at Wayne State University

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Area Studies at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Wayne State.

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.

Wayne State Area Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Wayne State Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Wayne State 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.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The area studies program at Wayne State awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at Wayne State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in area studies.

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

Wayne State also has a doctoral program available in area studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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