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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Schools in Washington

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$33,738 Avg Salary
$18,027 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Area Studies 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Area Studies Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Area Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for area studies majors pursuing a .

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

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

The excellent programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best area studies schools in Washington. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Full Area Studies at Washington State University Report

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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