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 looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Area Studies Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 148 degrees in area studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The area studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Area Studies rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Area Studies Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for 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.
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a degree in area studies. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 area studies students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, area studies degree recipients usually make about $32,224 at the beginning of their careers.
Every student who is interested in area studies needs to look into University of Chicago. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 area studies students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the area studies degree program at University of Chicago earn $3,394 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It is difficult to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in area studies. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 6th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 17 area studies students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the area studies program state that they receive average early career income of $32,968.
It's difficult to beat DePaul University if you want to pursue a degree in area studies. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 11 area studies students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, area studies degree recipients typically make around $28,163 in their early careers.
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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The area studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Area Studies rankings. 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.
