Near and Middle Eastern Studies

A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of North Africa, Southwestern Asia, Asia Minor, and the Arabian Peninsula, related borderlands and island groups, and including emigrant and immigrant groups.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 60 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1039 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

148

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

116

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

703

awards given

Top Schools for Near and Middle Eastern Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	108
2	Georgetown University Washington, DC	99
3	New York University New York, NY	66
4	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	63
5	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	56
6	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	54
7	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	48
8	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	33
9	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	30
10	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	27
11	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	27
12	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	24
13	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	21
14	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	18
15	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	18
16	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	18
17	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	18
18	Brown University Providence, RI	15
19	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	15
20	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	15
21	Emory University Atlanta, GA	15
22	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	12
23	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	12
24	Yale University New Haven, CT	12
25	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	12
26	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	12
27	Tufts University Medford, MA	12
28	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	9
29	Smith College Northampton, MA	9
30	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	9
31	Williams College Williamstown, MA	9
32	Fordham University Bronx, NY	9
33	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	9
34	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	8
35	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	6
36	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	6
37	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	6
38	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	6
39	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	6
40	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	6
41	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	6
42	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	6
43	Boston University Boston, MA	6
44	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	6
45	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	6
46	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	6
47	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	6
48	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	3
49	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	3
50	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	3
51	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	3
52	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	3
53	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	3
54	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	3
55	American University Washington, DC	3
56	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	3
57	Scripps College Claremont, CA	3
58	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	3
59	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	3
60	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	3