If you plan on majoring in area studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #115 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of area studies. Combined, these schools handed out 332 degrees in area studies to qualified students.
Your choice of area studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Area Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Area Studies Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the area studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in area studies needs to take a look at Duke University. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were about 55 area studies students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the area studies program at Duke University earn $7,657 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a good decision for students interested in a degree in area studies. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 221 area studies students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the area studies program state that they receive average early career earnings of $28,175.
Any student pursuing a degree in area studies needs to check out University of North Carolina at Charlotte. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public university located in the city of Charlotte. This university ranks 6th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 19 area studies students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of area studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Area Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
