You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in other east asian languages. It is ranked #945 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other East Asian Languages Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 94 degrees in other east asian languages to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Other East Asian Languages School
Your choice of other 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 other east asian languages schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Other East Asian Languages Rankings by Degree Level
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 Other East Asian Languages Schools list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Other East Asian Languages in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the other east asian languages degree levels they offer.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in other east asian languages. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 11 other east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in other east asian languages has to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. This university ranks 1st out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 35 other east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Florida State University if you want to pursue a degree in other east asian languages. Florida State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee. This university ranks 2nd out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 21 other east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Florida State 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.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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