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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Asian Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Asian Studies is the 434th most popular major in the country with 996 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 68 Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Asian studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Asian studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Asian studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Asian Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Amherst College

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Amherst College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Amherst College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Amherst is $18,524 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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#2

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Asian studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students with aid list, Dartmouth has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dartmouth is $33,574 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Asian Studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Williams College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students with aid list, Williams has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Williams College is $19,480 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #4 spot on the list. Brunswick, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Asian studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Bowdoin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bowdoin is $21,910 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Asian Studies at Bowdoin

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. UMass Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 10 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students with aid list, UMass Boston has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts - Boston is $18,340 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students with aid.

Read full report on Asian Studies at University of Massachusetts - Boston

#6

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Boston University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Boston U is $30,259 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Asian Studies students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Asian Studies at Boston University

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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