East Asian Languages at University of Chicago

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

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 17,834 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in East Asian from UChicago.

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.

UChicago East Asian Languages Degrees Available

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

UChicago East Asian Languages Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks East Asian programs across the country. The following shows how UChicago performed in these rankings.

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 UChicago 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 Schools	44
Best Value East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
	83

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

East Asian Student Demographics at UChicago

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

UChicago East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 East Asian students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UChicago, about 43% were men and 57% were women.

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 Chicago with a bachelor's in East Asian.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UChicago also has a doctoral program available in East Asian. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages
• South Asian Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• Romance 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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Interpreters and Translators	1,970	$46,320
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	870	$70,480

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 Leefon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.