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Washington University in St Louis MA in Area Studies

Area Studies is a major offered under the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program of study at Washington University in St Louis. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in area studies, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Area Studies from WUSTL Cost?

WUSTL Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at WUSTL paid an average of $2,346 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$56,300	$56,300
Fees	$262	$262

Does WUSTL Offer an Online MA in Area Studies?

Online degrees for the WUSTL area studies master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WUSTL Online Learning page.

WUSTL Master’s Student Diversity for Area Studies

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 6 master’s degrees in area studies handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

All of the students who received their MA in area studies in 2019-2020 were women.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 16.7% of area studies master’s degree recipients at WUSTL in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in Area Studies Focus Areas at WUSTL

Area Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
American U.S. Studies	3
East Asian Studies	3

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.