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2024 Best East Asian Languages Schools

74 Colleges in the United States
2,293 East Asian Degrees Awarded
$28,485 Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, east asian languages sits in the middle of the road, ranking #188 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 74 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of east asian languages. Combined, these schools handed out 2,293 degrees in east asian languages to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great East Asian Languages School

Best East Asian Languages Schools Your choice of east asian languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall East Asian Languages School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your East Asian Languages Degree Level

Associate Degrees in East Asian
Bachelor's Degrees in East Asian
Master's Degrees in East Asian
Doctor's Degrees in East Asian

The east asian school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best East Asian Languages Schools. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for East Asian Languages in the United States

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the east asian degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Schools in East Asian

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
42 East Asian Degrees Awarded

Columbia University in the City of New York is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in east asian languages. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were approximately 42 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IN

Any student who is interested in east asian languages has to look into University of Notre Dame. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.

There were roughly 23 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
42 East Asian Degrees Awarded
$26,836 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in east asian languages has to look into University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.

There were about 42 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the east asian program make around $26,836 for their early career.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In CA
11.1% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in east asian languages. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 27 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WI
51 East Asian Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.

There were approximately 51 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In DC
7.1% Growth in Graduates

GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This university ranks 2nd out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.

There were about 14 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.

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7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In CA
7.1% Growth in Graduates

UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.

There were about 28 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.

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8
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
46 East Asian Degrees Awarded
$28,026 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.

There were roughly 46 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year. After graduating, east asian degree recipients usually make an average of $28,026 in the first five years of their career.

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Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In VT

Located in the town of Middlebury, Middlebury is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 1st out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.

There were approximately 21 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Middlebury in the most recent data year.

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10
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
33 East Asian Degrees Awarded
$32,689 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were roughly 33 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the east asian languages major at University of California - Davis get $4,204 more than the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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Tufts University
Medford, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In MA

Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.

There were approximately 4 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best East Asian Languages Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 Wellesley College Wellesley, MA
13 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
14 Brigham Young University - Provo Provo, UT
15 Colgate University Hamilton, NY
16 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
17 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
18 Georgetown University Washington, DC

East Asian Languages by Region

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

East Asian Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Japanese Language & Literature 1,053
Chinese Language & Literature 718
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 292
Korean Language & Literature 117
Other East Asian Languages 113

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Majors Similar to East Asian

Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 15,009
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 8,539
American Sign Language 2,724
Classical Languages & Literature 1,428
Germanic Languages 1,425
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 607
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 607
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 500
Second Language Learning 108
Southeast Asian & Pacific Languages 38

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