East Asian Languages at Williams College

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 Williams College stacks up to those at other schools.

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in East Asian from Williams.

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.

Williams East Asian Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian

Williams East Asian Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the East Asian progam at Williams compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Williams 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	9
Most Focused East Asian Languages Schools	10
Most Popular East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50

East Asian Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a bachelor's degree in East Asian Languages from Williams in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical East Asian bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Williams College with a bachelor's in East Asian.

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

Williams 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
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian 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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,580	$84,890

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.