Asian Studies at Cornell University

What traits are you looking for in a asian studies school? To help you decide if Cornell University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's asian studies program.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

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

Cornell Asian Studies Degrees Available

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

Cornell Asian Studies Rankings

The asian studies major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in asian studies, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Asian Studies Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the asian studies majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Asian Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of asian studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical asian studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 36% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in asian studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cornell Asian Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of asian studies master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in asian studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• German Studies
• Near & Middle Eastern Studies
• American U.S. Studies

Careers That Asian Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 Cornell University.

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.