East Asian Languages at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year. Of the 10,102 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Los Angeles in 2021, 35 of them were East Asian languages majors.

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.

UCLA East Asian Languages Degrees Available

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

UCLA East Asian Languages Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The East Asian major at UCLA 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
Most Popular East Asian Languages Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Focused East Asian Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
	8

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in East Asian from UCLA. This is the #26 most popular school for East Asian master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do East Asian Graduates from UCLA Make?

The median salary of East Asian students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $26,836. This is less than $27,933, which is the national average of all East Asian majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

East Asian Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of East Asian bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical East Asian bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in East Asian.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in East Asian. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.