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2023 Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools

199 Colleges
$28,485 Avg Salary
$22,162 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best East Asian Languages School for You

East Asian Languages is the #191 most popular major in the country with 2,293 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 199 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the East Asian Languages program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for East Asian majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Hawaii at Manoa the most popular school in the United States for East Asian languages students. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

While working on their degree, East Asian majors at UH Manoa accumulate an average of around $18,076 in student debt.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at University of Hawaii at Manoa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that East Asian majors at UT Austin take out is $18,054.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at The University of Texas at Austin

The excellent programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best East Asian languages schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

East Asian majors at Ohio State take out an average of $22,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

Los Angeles City College

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles City College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles City College is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

East Asian majors at UMN Twin Cities take out an average of $19,988 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Diablo Valley College

Pleasant Hill, CA

Diablo Valley College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools list. Located in the suburb of Pleasant Hill, Diablo Valley is a public college with a large student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools ranking. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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University of California - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for East Asian languages students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that East Asian majors at UCLA take out is $14,582.

Full East Asian Languages at University of California - Los Angeles Report

Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for East Asian languages students. It came in at #9 on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for East Asian languages students. It came in at #11 on the list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

The average amount in student loans that East Asian majors at IU Bloomington take out is $19,138.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at Indiana University - Bloomington

#12

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

University of Oregon did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for East Asian languages students. It came in at #12 on the list. UO is a fairly large public school located in the city of Eugene.

East Asian majors at UO take out an average of $26,751 in student loans while working on their egree.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular East Asian languages programs. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.

East Asian majors at UNC Charlotte take out an average of $27,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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University of Colorado Boulder landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular East Asian languages programs. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

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#15

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

Pasadena City College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for East Asian languages students. It came in at #15 on the list. Pasadena City College is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Pasadena.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular East Asian languages programs. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Full East Asian Languages at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

University of California - Davis came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools ranking. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that East Asian majors at UC Davis take out is $12,925.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at University of California - Davis

#19

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular East Asian languages programs. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

On average, East Asian graduates from SFSU take out $11,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at San Francisco State University

#20

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools list. KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #20, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for East Asian languages students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Full East Asian Languages at University of Pennsylvania Report

#22

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

University of Rhode Island ranked #22 on this year’s Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools list. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

East Asian majors at URI take out an average of $22,069 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full East Asian Languages at University of Rhode Island Report

With a ranking of #23, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for East Asian languages students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at University of California - Berkeley

University of Southern California came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#25

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools ranking. Florida State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

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#26

Portland State University

Portland, OR
#28

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN
#29

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for East Asian Languages students that almost earned our Most Popular East Asian Languages Schools award.

Rank College Location
31 Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY
31 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO
31 University of California - Irvine Irvine, CA
31 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
35 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
35 Middlebury College Middlebury, VT
37 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA
38 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
38 University of California - Riverside Riverside, CA
38 Weber State University Ogden, UT
38 University of California - Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
38 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
38 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

East Asian Languages by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 17 majors within the area of study, East Asian languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to East Asian

Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 15,009
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 8,539
American Sign Language 2,724
Classical Languages & Literature 1,428
Germanic Languages 1,425

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Betoseha.

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