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Most Popular Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington

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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington

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Finding the Best Area Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 33 degrees and certificates were awarded to area studies students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #73 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Area Studies program at each school on the list.

Check out the area studies doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Washington.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the most popular school in Washington for area studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular area studies schools in Washington. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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Best Area Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Area Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 136
Oregon 12
Nevada 0
Hawaii 18
Alaska 1

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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