2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages (Income $0-$30k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

East Asian Languages is the 184th most popular major in the country with 2,219 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, East Asian languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,569 and had an average of $20,789 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 535 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,133 and $14,370 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in East Asian languages. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality East Asian languages programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the East Asian languages program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 1 masters’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best East Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern California East Asian Languages Report

#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,944 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 4 masters’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SFSU are $17,944.

Full San Francisco State University East Asian Languages Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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