by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
East Asian Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in East Asian, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Columbia paid an average of $1,974 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,024 | $49,024 |
| Fees | $2,170 | $2,170 |
Columbia does not offer an online option for its East Asian master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.1% of the East Asian students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 69.0%.
Around 19.4% of East Asian master’s degree recipients at Columbia in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 17 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
East Asian Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 36 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to East Asian languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 10 |
| Germanic Languages | 7 |
| Romance Languages | 38 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 12 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 8 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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