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2025 Best East Asian Languages Schools in the New England Region

3 Colleges in the New England Region
141 East Asian Degrees Awarded
$28,844 Avg Early-Career Salary
East Asian Languages isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #188 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for east asian languages students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 141 degrees in east asian languages annually.

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Choosing a Great East Asian Languages School

Best East Asian Languages Schools in the New England Region Your choice of east asian languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall East Asian Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your East Asian Languages Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in East Asian
Master's Degrees in East Asian

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best East Asian Languages Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for East Asian Languages in the New England Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the east asian degree levels they offer.

Top New England Region Schools in East Asian

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In RI

Every student who is interested in east asian languages has to check out University of Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.

There were about 15 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA

University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in east asian languages. Located in the city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.

There were approximately 25 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available.

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Smith College
Northampton, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MA

It's difficult to beat Smith College if you want to pursue a degree in east asian languages. Located in the small city of Northampton, Smith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 21st out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were approximately 6 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Smith in the most recent data year.

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Best East Asian Languages Colleges by State

Explore the best east asian languages colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 73
Connecticut 241 4
New Hampshire 210 0
Maine 202 5
Rhode Island 200 30
Vermont 194 43

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East Asian Languages is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

East Asian Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Chinese Language & Literature 75
Japanese Language & Literature 50
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 15
Other East Asian Languages 1

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 861
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 536
Classical Languages & Literature 186
Germanic Languages 84
American Sign Language 51
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 35
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 19
Celtic Language & Literature 4
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 2

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