2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for American Studies

AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Not many undergrads decide to pursue a degree in american studies. Each subject gives out around 6,200 undergrad degrees per annum; last May, 1,207 students completed bachelor's degrees in american studies, making it the 196th most popular subject nationally. 87 of those students attended California State University-Fullerton, which proudly has the largest department in the United States of America, and 248 of those degrees were earned at institutions in California.

Picking the right college can probably not be easy, as undergrad degrees in american studies are available at 204 colleges nationally. Four-year degrees in american studies are only 6.3% more universally available than the average subject, making it the 100th most commonly offered area of study.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last spring, nearly 7 out of 9 degrees in american studies were undergraduate degrees; 21% were advanced degrees. American studies is the 219th most popular grad degree in the US, with 321 degrees conferred. For context, american studies is 88% less popular among postgraduate students than the average subject.

In Total, 1,528 students received a bachelor's or higher in american studies last spring.

ONLINE AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

2 of those 1,528 students (0.1%) did all their school work remotely - 0 undergraduates and 2 postgraduate students. It's presently the 293rd most in-demand online advanced degree, and 99.7% shy of the US average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

• 118 students last year were granted four-year degrees in american studies partially online
• American studies is the 105th most commonly offered partially online bachelor's degree nationally
• 9.78% of all college degree in american studies are completed partially online
• 1.57% of College of Coastal Georgia's​ last undergraduate class majored in american studies partially online, higher than any other institution in the United States of America
• 80% of last May's partially online degrees in american studies were undergrad degrees; 20% were grad degrees
• The average subject gives out 1,368 yearly bachelor's degrees partially online

IN-PERSON AMERICAN STUDIES DEGREES

• 1,079 students earned undergraduate degrees in american studies comprehensively in-person last spring
• 52 institutions around the nation offer an undergraduate degree in american studies fully in-person
• 89.4% of all undergraduate degree in american studies are earned entirely in-person
• The University of California-Berkeley​ conferred the most in-person undergrad degrees in american studies in the United States (84)
• American studies is the 201st most popular fully in-person postgrad degree in the nation
• On average, each subject had around 4,293 entirely in-person undergrad degrees last spring