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Most Popular Online Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools

2023 Most Popular Online Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools

2 Colleges
$31,493 Avg Salary
$20,522 Avg Student Debt

Area Studies is the #112 most popular major in the country with 6,966 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for area studies majors pursuing an online bachelor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the most popular online school in the United States for area studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 37% of the students majoring in area studies at the school are women while 63% are male.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, area studies graduates from UMGC carry an average student debtload of $15,676.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 63% of the area studies majors at the school.

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View the Most Popular Online Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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