by our College Data Analytics TeamEast Asian Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at University of Massachusetts Amherst. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in East Asian, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UMass Amherst paid an average of $1,673 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $779 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,014 | $30,120 |
| Fees | $2,221 | $2,221 |
UMass Amherst 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 UMass Amherst Online Learning page.
Women made up around 60.0% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 6.7% of the East Asian master’s degrees at UMass Amherst in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 11 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
East Asian Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Chinese Language & Literature | 9 |
| Japanese Language & Literature | 6 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to East Asian languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 3 |
| Germanic Languages | 1 |
| Romance Languages | 6 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 6 |
*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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