East Asian Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study east asian studies, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in East Asian Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia East Asian Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian Studies
• Master’s Degree in East Asian Studies

Columbia East Asian Studies Rankings

The east asian studies major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for East Asian Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

East Asian Studies Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the east asian studies majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia East Asian Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of east asian studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical east asian studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its east asian studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in east asian studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Columbia East Asian Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of east asian studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in east asian studies each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in east asian studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• African Studies
• Central & Eastern European Studies
• Russian Studies
• South Asian Studies
• Latin American Studies

Careers That East Asian Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in east asian studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

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