by our College Data Analytics TeamArea Studies is a major offered under the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program of study at Hampshire College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in area studies, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The area studies major at Hampshire 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.
Here are some of the other rankings for Hampshire.
The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $50,030 | $50,030 |
| Fees | $1,738 | $1,738 |
| Books and Supplies | $850 | $850 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $14,020 | $14,020 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,050 | $1,050 |
Learn more about Hampshire tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Hampshire area studies bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Hampshire Online Learning page.
About 60.0% of the students who received their BA in area studies in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 65.8%.
Around 80.0% of area studies bachelor’s degree recipients at Hampshire in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Area Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| African Studies | 4 |
| American U.S. Studies | 1 |
| Asian Studies | 1 |
| Latin American Studies | 4 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to area studies.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Ethnic Studies | 11 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
