East Asian Languages at University of California - Berkeley

If you are interested in studying East Asian languages, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Berkeley. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. In 2021, 25 East Asian majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley.

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

UC Berkeley East Asian Languages Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley East Asian Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the East Asian progam at UC Berkeley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The East Asian major at UC Berkeley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for East Asian Languages. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	13
Most Popular East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused East Asian Languages Schools	103

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in East Asian from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #17 most popular school for East Asian master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in East Asian, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

East Asian Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the East Asian majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in East Asian Languages from UC Berkeley in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical East Asian bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its East Asian bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in East Asian.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UC Berkeley East Asian Languages Master’s Program

Of the 2 East Asian students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Berkeley, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in East Asian.

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

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in East Asian. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature
• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)
• Germanic Languages

Careers That East Asian Grads May Go Into

A degree in East Asian can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.