East Asian Languages at University of Puget Sound

What traits are you looking for in a East Asian school? To help you decide if University of Puget Sound is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's East Asian program.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,130. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in East Asian from Puget Sound.

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.

Puget Sound East Asian Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian

Puget Sound East Asian Languages Rankings

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

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 Puget Sound 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 Focused East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	18
	21
Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools	88

East Asian Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in East Asian from Puget Sound in 2021, 38% were men and 63% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in East Asian at Puget Sound are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Puget Sound also has a doctoral program available in East Asian. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature
• Germanic Languages
• 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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Interpreters and Translators	880	$48,560
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	670	$67,950

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.