2024 Best East Asian Languages Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

East Asian Languagesmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #224 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois 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 2 master's degrees in east asian languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on east asian languages students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other east asian languages students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt east asian languages students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized east asian languages related body.

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 master's degree.

More Ways to Rank East Asian Languages Schools

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 in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study East Asian Languages in Illinois

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for east asian languages students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in East Asian

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

University of Chicago is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in east asian languages. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from University of Chicago

2

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in east asian languages needs to check out DePaul University. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in east asian languages from DePaul University

Best East Asian Languages Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	211	0
Ohio	207	10
Indiana	191	5
Wisconsin	173	4

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East Asian Languages Related Rankings by Major

East Asian Languages is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

East Asian Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Chinese Language & Literature	1
Japanese Language & Literature	1

Most Popular Majors Related to East Asian

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	80
Romance Languages	36
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	8
Classical Languages & Literature	4
Germanic Languages	3
South Asian Languages	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Betoseha. More about our data sources and methodologies.