2023 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
Area Studies is the #96 most popular major in the country with 1,825 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 59 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.
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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus to be the most popular school for area studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Of the 43 students majoring in area studies at Pitt, 30% are male and 70% are female.
Read full report on Area Studies at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
Women make up 33% of the area studies majors at the school.
Out of the 59 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 50% of the students majoring in area studies at the school are women while 50% are male.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 57% of the area studies majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.
About 83% of the students majoring in area studies at the school are women while 17% are male.
Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Of the 5 students majoring in area studies at Northwestern, 40% are male and 60% are female.
University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.
Full Area Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report
Portland State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 80% of the students majoring in area studies at the school are women while 20% are male.
University of Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
Of the 5 students majoring in area studies at UF, 20% are male and 80% are female.
The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate area studies programs. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.
Women make up 33% of the area studies majors at the school.
Read full report on Area Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Area Studies students that almost earned our Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools award.
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Area Studies Related Majors
Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| Ethnic Studies | 1,081 |
| Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) | 5 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 28 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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