2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chinese Language & Literature is the 518th most popular major in the country with 717 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 190 chinese language & literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 chinese language & literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in chinese language & literature. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their chinese language & literature program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chinese Language & Literature in the Far Western US Region

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

#1 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region. Stanford University is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s chinese language degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Chinese Language & Literature at Stanford

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s chinese language degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Chinese Language & Literature at University of California - Berkeley

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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chinese Language Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s chinese language students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Chinese Language & Literature at UH Manoa

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.

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