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Most Popular Online Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Area Studies is the #96 most popular major in the country with 1,825 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Area Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Kennesaw State University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.

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Our analysis found Florida International University to be the most popular school for area studies students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online area studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 21
Florida 37
Georgia 13
North Carolina 42
Tennessee 3
Kentucky 4
Louisiana 9
Alabama 7
Mississippi 10
Arkansas 11
West Virginia 2

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Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Area Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 1,081
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 5

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

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

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