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Area Studies at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 area studies majors received their bachelor's degree from WKU.

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.

WKU Area Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

WKU Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at WKU 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 WKU

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

WKU Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The area studies program at WKU awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 43% of these degrees went to men with the other 57% going to women. The typical area studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in area studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

WKU 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 100 $66,740

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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