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General East Asian Languages Major

General East Asian Languages

155 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
73 Master's Degrees Annually
#591 in Popularity

Types of Degrees General East Asian Languages Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 161
Master’s Degree 101
Doctor’s Degree 33
Undergraduate Certificate 21
Graduate Certificate 8
Basic Certificate 2

What Can You Do With a General East Asian Languages Major?

People with a general east asian languages degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title Job Growth Rate Median Salary
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 11.7% $67,640
Interpreters and Translators 17.7% $49,930

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in General East Asian Languages?

161 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
70% Percent Women
50% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This major is dominated by women with about 70% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of general east asian languages majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 32
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 64
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 24

Geographic Diversity

Students from other countries are interested in General East Asian Languages, too. About 9.9% of those with this major are international students.

Online General East Asian Languages Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 1 0
Certificate (2-4 Years) 0 0
Associate’s Degree 0 0
Bachelor’s Degree 1 0
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 14 0
Post-Master’s 1 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 14 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to general east asian languages.

Major Number of Grads
Japanese Language & Literature 876
Chinese Language & Literature 622
Korean Language & Literature 119
Other East Asian Languages 113

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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