A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of South Asia, defined as including Afghanistan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas.
South Asian Studies is relatively popular as a minor/second major with 6 people graduating with it as a minor in academic year 2018-19.
| Middlebury College | 2 |
| Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
| Wellesley College | 1 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Major | Graduates | Colleges |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 970 | 123 |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 680 | 107 |
| Area Studies, Other | 546 | 34 |