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2024 Best East Asian Languages Schools in the New England Region

8 Colleges in the New England Region
161 East Asian Degrees Awarded
$37,627 Avg Early-Career Salary
East Asian Languages isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #188 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of east asian languages. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 161 degrees in east asian languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great East Asian Languages School

Best East Asian Languages Schools in the New England Region Your choice of east asian languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall East Asian Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

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

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

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 Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for East Asian Languages in the New England Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the east asian degree levels they offer.

Top New England Region Schools in East Asian

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

Middlebury College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in east asian languages. Located in the town of Middlebury, Middlebury is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #76 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Middlebury is a great college overall.

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

Every student pursuing a degree in east asian languages has to look into Tufts University. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.

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

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Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA

It's hard to beat Wellesley College if you want to pursue a degree in east asian languages. Located in the suburb of Wellesley, Wellesley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 12th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 10 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Wellesley in the most recent data year.

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In MA

Boston University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in east asian languages. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.

There were roughly 8 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.

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Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.

There were approximately 29 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year. Those east asian languages students who get their degree from University of Rhode Island receive $14,118 more than the typical east asian grad.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
35 East Asian Degrees Awarded
5.7% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #81 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.

There were about 35 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the east asian program state that they receive average early career wages of $23,509.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT

Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.

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

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Smith College
Northampton, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MA
33.3% Growth in Graduates

Smith is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Northampton. This college ranks 19th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were roughly 6 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Smith in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MA
16.7% Growth in Graduates

Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Worcester. This college ranks 15th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 6 east asian languages students who graduated with this degree at Holy Cross in the most recent data year.

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Best East Asian Languages Colleges by State

Explore the best east asian languages schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 73
Connecticut 241 4
New Hampshire 210 0
Maine 202 5
Rhode Island 200 30
Vermont 194 43

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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
Chinese Language & Literature 97
Japanese Language & Literature 50
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 11
Korean Language & Literature 3

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 904
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 566
Classical Languages & Literature 184
Germanic Languages 123
American Sign Language 63
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 45
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 7
Celtic Language & Literature 3
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 3
Greek Language & Literature 1

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