2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in Ohio

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 6,966 people earned their degree in area studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,127 and had an average of $20,927 in loans still to pay off.

Across Ohio, there were 214 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,729 and $24,085 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in area studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their area studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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The area studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in Ohio

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

#9 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 20 masters’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Area Studies at Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, Ohio

#24 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio list. BGSU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full BGSU Area Studies Report

3

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

#2 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 3 masters’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Area Studies at Ohio State University - Main Campus

4

Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Ohio list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large school located in Youngstown, Ohio that handed out 0 masters’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Youngstown State University Area Studies Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.