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Most Popular Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

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Finding the Best Area Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Area Studies is the #104 most popular major in Virginia with 177 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 schools in Virginia to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Area Studies program at each school on the list.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Area Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named William & Mary the most popular school in Virginia for area studies students working on their doctor’s degree. William & Mary is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Williamsburg.

Women make up 86% of the area studies majors at the school.

Read full report on Area Studies at William & Mary

Best Area Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Area Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 100
North Carolina 332
Florida 110
Tennessee 43
Kentucky 49
South Carolina 84
Louisiana 26
Arkansas 14
Alabama 20
Mississippi 12
West Virginia 2

One of 2 majors within the area of study, area studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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