2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for South Asian Languages

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in South Asian languages, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #310 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for South Asian Languages ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1 master's degrees in South Asian languages during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great South Asian Languages School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in South Asian matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for South Asian Languages ranking is to help you make that choice.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality South Asian languages program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for South Asian languages.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study South Asian Languages in the United States

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for South Asian languages students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for South Asian Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

1 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In IL

#1 Best Quality In IL

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Chicago if you wish to pursue a master's degree in South Asian languages. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in South Asian languages in Illinois. More information about a master’s in South Asian languages from University of Chicago

2

Maharishi International University
Fairfield, IA

#1 Most Popular In IA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Maharishi International University if you want to pursue a master's degree in South Asian languages. MIU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Fairfield. More information about a master’s in South Asian languages from Maharishi International University

2

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

#1 Most Popular In MA

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in South Asian languages has to take a look at Harvard University. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. More information about a master’s in South Asian languages from Harvard University

South Asian Languages by Region

View the Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for South Asian Languages for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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South Asian Languages Related Rankings by Major

South Asian Languages is one of 17 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

South Asian Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
South Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	1,133
Romance Languages	1,098
Classical Languages & Literature	174
East Asian Languages	145
American Sign Language	112
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	92
Germanic Languages	86
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	48
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	39
Second Language Learning	23

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.