2023 Most Popular Colleges for Chinese Studies in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Chinese Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chinese Studies is the 997th most popular major in the country with 90 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 7 Chinese studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Chinese Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Chinese studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful Chinese studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Chinese Studies Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Chinese Studies Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Chinese Studies in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota

$41,529 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,524 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Chinese Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified ’s Chinese studies students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read full report on Chinese Studies at UMN Duluth

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

$51,496 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,087 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Chinese Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s Chinese studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Full UND Chinese Studies Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.