East Asian Languages at University of Rhode Island

Every East Asian languages school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the East Asian program at University of Rhode Island stacks up to those at other schools.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in East Asian from URI.

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.

URI East Asian Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian

URI East Asian Languages Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks East Asian programs across the country. The following shows how URI 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 URI 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
	2
Best Value East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11

How Much Do East Asian Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of East Asian students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $51,745. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 85% higher than the national average of $27,933 for all East Asian bachelor's degree recipients.

East Asian Student Demographics at URI

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

URI East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of East Asian bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in East Asian.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Linguistics & Comparative Literature
• 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	150	$85,670
Interpreters and Translators	110	$50,380

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.