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2024 Best East Asian Languages Master's Degree Schools

23 Colleges in the United States
143 Master's Degrees
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in east asian languages. It is ranked #224 out of 343 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 23 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for east asian languages students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 143 master's degrees in east asian languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

Best East Asian Languages Master's Degree Schools Your choice of east asian languages for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for east asian languages students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s 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 master's degree in east asian languages.

10 Top Schools for a Master's in East Asian

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26 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in east asian languages. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from Columbia University in the City of New York

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4 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in east asian languages. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from University of Wisconsin - Madison

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2 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a master's degree in east asian languages. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from University of California - Berkeley

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2 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in east asian languages. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from George Washington University

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1 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in east asian languages needs to check out University of Southern California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from University of Southern California

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8 Annual Graduates

CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from University of Colorado Boulder

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Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from The University of Texas at Austin

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Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from University of Chicago

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10 Annual Graduates

Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from Ohio State University - Main Campus

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12 Annual Graduates

Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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 Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 73
Chinese Language & Literature 34
Japanese Language & Literature 19
Other East Asian Languages 15
Korean Language & Literature 2

Majors Similar to East Asian

Related Major Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 1,167
Romance Languages 975
Classical Languages & Literature 217
American Sign Language 112
Germanic Languages 88
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 88
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 49
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 26
South Asian Languages 19
Second Language Learning 19

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