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2024 Best East Asian Languages Doctor's Degree Schools

15 Colleges in the United States
57 Doctor's Degrees
East Asian Languages isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #138 in popularity out of 306 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.

College Factual looked at 15 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best East Asian Languages Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 57 doctor's degrees in east asian languages to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great East Asian Languages School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best East Asian Languages Doctor's Degree Schools The east asian doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality east asian program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for east asian languages students working on their doctor's degree.

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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 Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study East Asian Languages in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in east asian languages.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in East Asian

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9 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in east asian languages. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from Columbia University in the City of New York

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7 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in east asian languages. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from University of California - Los Angeles

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1 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in east asian languages. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from University of Wisconsin - Madison

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3 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in east asian languages. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from University of Southern California

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1 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in east asian languages. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from University of California - Berkeley

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2 Annual Graduates

UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from University of Chicago

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1 Annual Graduates

UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from The University of Texas at Austin

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2 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from Ohio State University - Main Campus

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1 Annual Graduates

UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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2 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in east asian languages from Cornell University

East Asian Languages by Region

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One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, East Asian Languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

East Asian Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 32
Other East Asian Languages 13
Chinese Language & Literature 8
Japanese Language & Literature 3
Korean Language & Literature 1

Related Major Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 427
Romance Languages 301
Classical Languages & Literature 67
Germanic Languages 55
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 51
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 20
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 13
South Asian Languages 3
American Sign Language 3
African Languages 1

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