Area Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

If you are interested in studying area studies, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received their master's degree in area studies.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Area Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Area Studies
• Doctorate Degree in Area Studies

UT Austin Area Studies Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in area studies, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Area Studies Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Area Studies Master’s Program

Of the 34 students who graduated with a master’s in area studies from UT Austin in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women.

In the area studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.