East Asian Languages at Western Kentucky University

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 Western Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 22 East Asian majors received their bachelor's degree from WKU.

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.

WKU East Asian Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian

WKU East Asian Languages Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks East Asian programs across the country. The following shows how WKU 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 WKU 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	38
Best Value East Asian Languages Schools	48

East Asian Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in East Asian from WKU in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical East Asian bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in East Asian at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in East Asian.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages
• Middle Eastern Semitic 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Interpreters and Translators	650	$49,690
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	210	$67,020

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.