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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Area Studies is the #118 most popular major in California with 136 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California 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.

Check out the area studies graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Our analysis found Claremont Graduate University to be the most popular school for area studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

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University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Our analysis found University of San Francisco to be the most popular school for area studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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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
Washington 33
Oregon 12
Nevada 0
Hawaii 18
Alaska 1

One of 2 majors within the area of study, area studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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