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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Area Studies Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 109 degrees in area studies annually.
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.
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 Utah 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.
It's difficult to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you wish to pursue a degree in area studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Students who receive their degree from the area studies program earn around $37,019 in their early career salary.
Utah State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in area studies. USU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Logan.
Students who graduate with their degree from the area studies program state that they receive average early career income of $31,894.
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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