East Asian Languages at Washington University in St Louis

If you are interested in studying east asian languages, you may want to check out the program at Washington University in St Louis. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 students attend the school each year.

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.

WUSTL East Asian Languages Degrees Available

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

WUSTL East Asian Languages Rankings

The east asian major at WUSTL 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in east asian, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

East Asian Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the east asian majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of east asian bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical east asian bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in east asian.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WUSTL East Asian Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of east asian master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a master's in east asian.

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

Concentrations Within East Asian Languages

If you plan to be a east asian major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Washington University in St Louis. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chinese Language & Literature	15
Japanese Language & Literature	4
Korean Language & Literature	3

Related Majors

• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Germanic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• Linguistics & Comparative 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Interpreters and Translators	980	$62,610
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	230	$80,020

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.