2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Area Studies in Washington

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in area studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #90 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the most popular for area studies students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7 doctor's degrees in area studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for area studies.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Area Studies in Washington

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in area studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Area Studies Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in area studies needs to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in area studies in Washington. More information about a doctorate in area studies from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Washington State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in area studies. Wazzu is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Pullman. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in area studies in Washington. More information about a doctorate in area studies from Washington State University

Best Area Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Area Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	178	6
Hawaii	53	6

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Area Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 1 majors within the Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies area of study, Area Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Area Studies Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Area Studies, Other	5
American U.S. Studies	1
Near & Middle Eastern Studies	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Area Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth. More about our data sources and methodologies.