Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg BA in Area Studies

The main focus area for this major is American U.S. Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Area Studies is a major offered under the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program of study at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in area studies, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings
• Undergraduate Cost
• Student Debt
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

Rankings for the Penn State Harrisburg BA in Area Studies

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The area studies major at Penn State Harrisburg 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 Penn State Harrisburg.

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Area Studies from Penn State Harrisburg Cost?

Penn State Harrisburg Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Penn State Harrisburg paid an average of $997 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $592 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

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Penn State Harrisburg Area Studies BA Student Debt

You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Penn State Harrisburg in Area Studies walked away with an average of $27,300 in student debt. That is 33% higher than the national average of $20,467.

Does Penn State Harrisburg Offer an Online BA in Area Studies?

Online degrees for the Penn State Harrisburg 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 Penn State Harrisburg Online Learning page.

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Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Area Studies

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in area studies in 2018-2019, 25.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 66.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in area studies at Penn State Harrisburg in 2018-2019, 12.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.

BA in Area Studies Focus Areas at Penn State Harrisburg

Area Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

References

*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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.