Area Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #115 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Area Studies Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 224 degrees in area studies to qualified students.
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The area studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Area Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for area studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Area Studies Schools in Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the area studies degree levels they offer.
Yale University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in area studies. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were about 88 area studies students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the area studies degree program at Yale University get $18,905 more than the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
It is hard to beat Connecticut College if you wish to pursue a degree in area studies. Located in the city of New London, Conn College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 6th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 19 area studies students who graduated with this degree at Conn College in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the area studies degree program at Connecticut College make $6,645 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in area studies. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 12 area studies students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The area studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Area Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for area studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
