East Asian Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #535 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for east asian studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 96 degrees in east asian studies to qualified students.
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Your choice of east asian studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for east asian studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best East Asian Studies Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
The schools below may not offer all types of east asian studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in east asian studies needs to take a look at Columbia University in the City of New York. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 50 east asian studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat New York University if you want to pursue a degree in east asian studies. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 13 east asian studies students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
It's hard to beat University at Albany if you want to pursue a degree in east asian studies. Located in the city of Albany, UAlbany is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 27th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 10 east asian studies students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
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Your choice of east asian studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for east asian studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
