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Most Popular Area Studies Schools in Arizona

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2023 Most Popular Area Studies Schools in Arizona

2 Colleges
$30,593 Avg Salary
$23,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

With 30 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, area studies is the #106 most popular major in Arizona.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Area Studies Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arizona 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Area Studies Colleges.

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the most popular school in Arizona for area studies students. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Full Area Studies at University of Arizona Report

The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best area studies schools in Arizona. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Area Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Best Area Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 611
Oklahoma 8
New Mexico 20

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

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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