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Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region 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 the New England Region .

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the most popular school for area studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Connecticut

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great place for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Area Studies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 111
Connecticut 32
Rhode Island 27
Maine 0

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

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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