2025 Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
113East Asian Degrees Awarded
$28,844Avg Early-Career Salary
East Asian Languages is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #188 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 113 degrees in east asian languages to qualified students.
Your choice of east asian languages 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 languages 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.
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 Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for East Asian Languages in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of east asian degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a degree in east asian languages. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 35 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year. After graduating, east asian degree recipients usually make about $29,219 in the first five years of their career.
St Olaf College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in east asian languages. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Northfield. This college ranks 6th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 18 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at St. Olaf in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, east asian degree recipients typically earn an average of $27,328 at the beginning of their careers.
Every student who is interested in east asian languages needs to take a look at University of Kansas. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence. This university ranks 1st out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 19 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.
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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