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Most Popular Area Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

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$26,195 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Area Studies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 141 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, area studies is the #87 most popular major in Maryland.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular Area Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Maryland to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the most popular school in Maryland for area studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in area studies at UMCP, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Maryland - College Park

Best Area Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Area Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 245
New York 684
New Jersey 75
District of Columbia 206
Delaware 13

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 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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