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Bachelor's · Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

Area Studies (Bachelor's): earnings by school

84 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$42,038
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$57,208
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$17,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 70 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $49,872 and $66,117. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Cornell University NY$45,914$96,976—
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$56,970$96,884$18,000
Miami University-Oxford OH$42,873$79,449$19,642
Bowdoin College ME$52,347$75,966$15,500
University of Notre Dame IN$48,594$75,832—
Fordham University NY$50,891$75,563$23,000
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$54,399$75,230$19,500
Emory University GA$38,202$75,205$12,000
Trinity College CT—$73,229—
University of California-Berkeley CA$56,036$70,366$15,643
Tufts University MA$48,583$69,037—
William & Mary VA$46,605$68,909$15,625
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ—$68,806—
Amherst College MA$44,715$68,618—
Brigham Young University UT$40,724$67,310—
Yale University CT$67,764$67,230—
Florida State University FL—$67,110—
Barnard College NY$63,702$66,117$16,500
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$43,277$65,970$14,248
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC$38,868$65,933$13,230
Nevada State University NV—$65,406—
Dartmouth College NH$65,279$65,226—
Colby College ME—$64,207—
Dickinson College PA$41,604$63,874$23,250
New York University NY$36,735$62,651—
Iowa State University IA$31,298$61,860—
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI—$60,891—
Connecticut College CT$34,723$60,749$20,500
Hobart William Smith Colleges NY—$60,381$26,884
Brown University RI$47,927$59,808$12,375
University of Maryland-College Park MD—$59,469—
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$35,749$59,042—
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ—$58,245—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI—$58,232$14,456
University of Puget Sound WA$31,005$57,407—
The University of Texas at Austin TX$39,942$57,009$16,500
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$43,984$56,926$11,125
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA$43,984$56,926$11,125
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA$43,984$56,926$11,125
Middlebury College VT$46,666$56,508—
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$39,304$55,733$17,200
Oberlin College OH—$55,151$24,125
Wellesley College MA$54,577——
Brandeis University MA$46,124$54,306$17,000
University of Oregon OR—$54,279—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL—$54,187—
Utah State University UT—$53,200$17,500
California State University-Northridge CA—$53,077—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$42,259$51,755$11,000
Vassar College NY$51,187——
Smith College MA$37,005$51,131$10,000
California State University-Fullerton CA$32,943$50,739—
University at Albany NY—$50,572$23,021
California State University-Long Beach CA$33,986$50,071$16,706
DePaul University IL$36,804$49,872—
University of Arizona AZ$27,841$48,162$14,307
University of Connecticut CT—$48,093—
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT—$48,093—
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT—$48,093—
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT—$48,093—
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT—$48,093—
St Olaf College MN—$47,677—
George Washington University DC$46,273—$24,125
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$40,946$45,852$19,375
Millersville University of Pennsylvania PA—$45,749—
Duke University NC$45,694——
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI—$43,806—
Williams College MA—$43,501—
Franklin and Marshall College PA$43,399—$20,750
University of Iowa IA—$43,083—
California State University-Chico CA—$41,818—
University of Utah UT$41,818——
Western Washington University WA—$40,623—
University of California-Irvine CA$39,731——
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA$39,571——
University of California-Riverside CA—$39,039—
Gustavus Adolphus College MN$38,334——
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM—$37,949—
Temple University PA$33,277—$21,875
American University DC$31,796——
University of California-Davis CA$31,701——
Furman University SC$25,975—$27,000
Florida International University FL$30,134$23,742$18,190
University of California-San Diego CA$22,043——