2023 Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
East Asian Languages is the 188th most popular major in the country with 2,293 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, East Asian languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,485 and had an average of $22,162 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 164 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,225 and $27,500 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region east asian students whose families make $0-$30k.
Top 8 Best Value Colleges for East Asian Languages (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 9 ’s East Asian degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region east asian students whose families make $0-$30k list, Wake Forest University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wake Forest University is $10,401 for southeast region east asian students whose families make $0-$30k.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Wake Forest University East Asian Languages Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William & Mary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified ’s East Asian students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at William & Mary, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend William & Mary is $5,972 for southeast region east asian students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about East Asian Languages at William & Mary
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s East Asian degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Florida State also made our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Florida State University is $4,950 for southeast region east asian students whose families make $0-$30k.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full Florida State University East Asian Languages Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 9 ’s East Asian degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,303 for southeast region east asian students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UGA.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UGA East Asian Languages Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #5 spot on the list. NKU is a fairly large school located in Highland Heights, Kentucky that handed out 9 ’s East Asian degrees in 2020-2021.
NKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Kentucky University is $4,632 for Southeast Region East Asian students whose families make $0-$30k.
Read more about East Asian Languages at NKU
West Virginia University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 4 ’s East Asian degrees in 2020-2021.
WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,014 for Southeast Region East Asian students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WVU.
Read full report on East Asian Languages at West Virginia University
With a ranking of #7, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on the 2023 Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 36 ’s East Asian degrees in 2020-2021.
UNC Charlotte also made our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $12,751 for Southeast Region East Asian students whose families make $0-$30k.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte East Asian Languages Report
Western Kentucky University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value East Asian Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 22 ’s East Asian degrees in 2020-2021.
WKU also made our “Best East Asian Languages Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for WKU is $12,195 for Southeast Region East Asian students whose families make $0-$30k.
Read more about East Asian Languages at Western Kentucky University
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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
- *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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