Area Studies at Williams College

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 students attend the school each year. Of the 678 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in 2021, 24 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.

Williams Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Williams Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Williams performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at Williams 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
Best Area Studies Schools	5
Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	13
Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	76

Earnings of Williams Area Studies Graduates

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Williams is $37,948. This is 25% higher than $30,421, which is the national average for all area studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Williams College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Williams 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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.