Best Colleges for Bachelor Degree
in Area Studies

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 48.7%

Annual cost

$76,667/yr

Grad earnings

$87,054

SAT avg

1,342

ACT mid

29

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Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 86.4%

Annual cost

$65,513/yr

Grad earnings

$86,881

SAT avg

1,256

ACT mid

28

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University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 16.9%

Annual cost

$38,132/yr

Grad earnings

$86,863

SAT avg

1,488

ACT mid

34

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University of San Diego

San Diego, California

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 46.8%

Annual cost

$74,879/yr

Grad earnings

$86,522

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 12%

Annual cost

$83,476/yr

Grad earnings

$86,182

SAT avg

1,530

ACT mid

34

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Fordham University

Bronx, New York

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 56.3%

Annual cost

$77,351/yr

Grad earnings

$85,569

SAT avg

1,412

ACT mid

32

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Colgate University

Hamilton, New York

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 12%

Annual cost

$83,650/yr

Grad earnings

$85,139

SAT avg

1,480

ACT mid

33

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University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, California

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 24.5%

Annual cost

$36,325/yr

Grad earnings

$84,943

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Wellesley College

Wellesley, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 13.9%

Annual cost

$83,050/yr

Grad earnings

$84,803

SAT avg

1,513

ACT mid

33

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 17.9%

Annual cost

$33,345/yr

Grad earnings

$83,648

SAT avg

1,473

ACT mid

N/A

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Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 10.9%

Annual cost

$82,694/yr

Grad earnings

$83,238

SAT avg

1,473

ACT mid

33

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Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 10.1%

Annual cost

$84,600/yr

Grad earnings

$83,214

SAT avg

1,513

ACT mid

34

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Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 49.9%

Annual cost

$85,202/yr

Grad earnings

$82,939

SAT avg

1,367

ACT mid

28

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University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, Maryland

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 44.8%

Annual cost

$28,073/yr

Grad earnings

$82,860

SAT avg

1,463

ACT mid

32

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University of Portland

Portland, Oregon

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 95.4%

Annual cost

$69,183/yr

Grad earnings

$82,804

SAT avg

1,277

ACT mid

29

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Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 8%

Annual cost

$80,390/yr

Grad earnings

$82,735

SAT avg

1,514

ACT mid

N/A

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University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

🏛 Public Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 8.7%

Annual cost

$36,643/yr

Grad earnings

$82,511

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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New York University

New York, New York

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 9.4%

Annual cost

$79,121/yr

Grad earnings

$82,509

SAT avg

1,527

ACT mid

34

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Davidson College

Davidson, North Carolina

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 14.5%

Annual cost

$75,865/yr

Grad earnings

$81,400

SAT avg

1,448

ACT mid

N/A

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 43.7%

Annual cost

$32,134/yr

Grad earnings

$81,054

SAT avg

1,418

ACT mid

32

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University of California-Davis

Davis, California

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 41.6%

Annual cost

$38,067/yr

Grad earnings

$80,838

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 25.6%

Annual cost

$36,121/yr

Grad earnings

$80,735

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Binghamton University

Vestal, New York

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 37.7%

Annual cost

$29,657/yr

Grad earnings

$80,596

SAT avg

1,415

ACT mid

32

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Barnard College

New York, New York

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 8%

Annual cost

$84,023/yr

Grad earnings

$80,516

SAT avg

1,500

ACT mid

33

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