2024 Best Colleges for East Asian Studies

SUMMARY

Choosing to study East Asian Studies is not only a valuable choice, but typically a critical first step for scholars endeavoring to begin a career as an international journalist, a foreign language instructor, or an east-asian archaeologist. In fact, nationally, east asian studies is a ​unique degree ranking as the 289th most popular major. Last year alone, there were 454 east asian studies degrees conferred. In-state tuition for east asian studies at private institutions is, on average, 4.5 times more pricey than their public counterparts.

With only 80 institutions offering east asian studies you may have a smaller selection of institutions that will have an option for you. If you are hoping to surround yourself with other east asian studies students, consider looking at universities in New York which have the most undergraduates admitted to east asian studies annually. More generally, the top region to pursue east asian studies is in the Mid East region with Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Columbia University in the City of New York, and New York University best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick of the best conference to study east asian studies is the Ivy League with Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York, and Brown University representing the conference. That said, our choice for the best university for east asian studies is Harvard University. You may also want to check out our list of best colleges.

The overall 'best' school does not have to be the best school for you. There are lots of angels to weigh when choosing ​university. Features such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food could definitely sway your inclinations of which college to attend. Here at authority.org, we've evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which east asian studies university has the best campus, the answer is Harvard University. If, for example, you are mostly interested in which college has the finest campus, we have an entire list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, professor reviews, student reviews, and more in order to evaluate every U.S. major in an unbiased and informative way. You can explore our well researched list for the universities with the best student life&nbsphere and our choice for the school with the best student life for east asian studies is Columbia University in the City of New York. Curious why? Continue scrolling to learn more about our top choices. Many of our picks just might surprise you.

If expense is a major factor in your decisions, you might consider avoiding Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia University in the City of New York&nbspis our most expensive school for east asian studies, at least regarding out of state students. That being said, we have a page for the most expensive&nbspuniversities that could put the expense at Columbia University in the City of New York&nbspinto perspective. You may also want to know that east asian studies is the 56th most expensive major in America, with an average cost of $47,700. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for east asian studies nationally is Rhode Island demonstrated by a tuition of $57,112 at the main college in the state Brown University. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region of the country for east asian studies is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Wesleyan University with a cost of $56,704, Brown University with a cost of $57,112, and Middlebury College with a cost of $55,790.

Our cheapest region for east asian studies is the Southwest region which is represented by University of Arizona with a cost of $33,273 and University of New Mexico-Main Campus with a cost of $21,716. On the bright side, the most affordable school for east asian studies is CUNY Queens College. Authority.org's comprehensive list of the most affordable universities can be found here.

In-state students can expect to pay around $12,000 for a degree in east asian studies. The price inflates intensely to a median of $30,500 for the out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our pick for the college representing the best value for east asian studies: Harvard University. Here you will find our comprehensive list of the colleges we believe to be the best value&nbspin general. With that said, this list is predicated on out-of-state tuition costs. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, as such, we are using out-of-state tuition as the baseline.

Earnings for east asian studies majors vary a lot, but two years after graduation graduates will often make in the neighborhood of $46,800. There can be a lot of variation in earnings potential; top earners can bring in up to $81,000. Even straight out of university, the lowest end jobs within the east asian studies field make $27,000, which could be worse. The highest earning graduates for east asian studies have come from Harvard University&nbspand if you are looking for schools with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The prevailing diversity of east asian studies stands near the very top, ranking within the 99th percentile of all majors. The college with the highest composite diversity for east asian studies is New York University&nbspand here you can find our general list of the universities with the most diversity. The financial diversity of East Asian Studies ranks only in the 53rd percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is actually above financial diversity, ranking in the 96th percentile. Students who are not latino, asian, white, or black compose the largest share, 38%, of scholars majoring in east asian studies. Additionally, 55% of undergrads pursuing an east asian studies major are women.

The median score of east asian studies professors is 4.4 stars, a ranking which is 10% better than the average across every major; this is a fairly good ranking. If you are curious about the most popular east asian studies instructor in the nation, look no further than Eunjin Choi at University of California-Santa Barbara. It might be shocking, but the top rated professors of east asian studies from student rankings are found at University of Southern California. If we including data other than basic rankings it becomes clear that the college with the overall best professors for east asian studies is Johns Hopkins University. You will find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as many of the top professors in the U.S.

Finally, the hardest school to get into for east asian studies is Harvard University. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we have a general list for the hardest colleges to get into. With that said, we hope you believe that considering higher education with a lens mainly formed from superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental problems. We encourage you to read our other pages on different colleges and peruse some of our insightful background articles on useful details to look for as your university search develops.