Area Studies at Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL · Bachelor's Degree · about 12 graduates a year

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Median pay 1 year after graduating
$67,110
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$56,625
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#17 of 70
Rank by pay
#9 of 70
Rank, wage-adjusted
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Median federal debt

Florida State University graduates in area studies earn 19% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating.

How Florida State University Compares for Area Studies

All 70 colleges reporting area studies earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Cornell University Ithaca, NY$96,976$92,301#1$43,831
2Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY$96,884$92,213#2$41,479
3Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH$79,449$84,784#3$50,637
4Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME$75,966$80,732#5$45,315
5University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN$75,832$81,354#4$35,304
6Fordham University Bronx, NY$75,563$71,920#8$40,811
7University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO$75,230$80,662#6$44,096
8Emory University Atlanta, GA$75,205$77,852#7$33,549
9Trinity College Hartford, CT$73,229$65,929#13—
10University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA$70,366$64,028#17$50,728
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14Amherst College Amherst, MA$68,618$60,425#24$49,149
15Brigham Young University Provo, UT$67,310$63,794#18$37,019
16Yale University New Haven, CT$67,230$60,528#23$55,618
17Florida State University Tallahassee, FL$67,110$71,430#9—
18Barnard College New York, NY$66,117$62,930#19$34,142
19University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA$65,970$60,072#27$34,280
20University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC$65,933$70,755#10$31,955

Other Majors at Florida State University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer Engineering$114,802$78,941#56 of 189
Management Information Systems and Services$103,648$66,252#19 of 166
Industrial Engineering$96,504$76,426#51 of 94
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$94,887$62,578#41 of 126
Security Science and Technology$93,841$58,249#4 of 45
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$93,740$72,425#209 of 258
Computer and Information Sciences$93,727$61,376#162 of 459
Insurance$92,064$61,071#10 of 21
Accounting and Related Services$91,056$55,626#108 of 796
Chemical Engineering$90,815$70,797#125 of 158
Mechanical Engineering$89,622$62,021#200 of 318
Finance and Financial Management Services$87,089$56,516#124 of 452
Marketing$84,981$49,808#50 of 516
Civil Engineering$84,340$67,050#129 of 233
Real Estate$80,900$55,257#14 of 25
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$78,811$69,997#770 of 966
Statistics$77,605$47,347#36 of 50
Business Administration, Management and Operations$77,320$49,325#189 of 1176
Business/Commerce$74,716$47,342#45 of 271
Design and Applied Arts$73,888$49,144#12 of 299
Economics$73,527$47,304#236 of 368
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$69,875$31,074#35 of 110
Mathematics$68,131$49,919#179 of 309
Political Science and Government$68,059$34,745#154 of 565
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$67,180$13,371#28 of 215
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology$66,943$39,967#6 of 16
Chemistry$66,724$40,629#102 of 209
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$66,157—#43 of 138
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$65,941$41,060#67 of 178
Apparel and Textiles$64,807$41,130#11 of 57

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Florida State University area studies graduates make?

Graduates earn $67,110 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Florida State University rank for area studies?

Among 70 colleges reporting earnings for area studies graduates, Florida State University ranks #17 by median pay four years after graduation, and #9 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is area studies at Florida State University worth it?

Its graduates earn 19% more than the national median for area studies ($56,625).

← All data for Florida State University · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.