by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Chinese Language & Literature. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
East Asian Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Hunter College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in East Asian, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Hunter was ranked #82 on College Factual's Best Schools for East Asian list. It is also ranked #8 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Hunter.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Hunter was $620 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $305 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,930 | $14,880 |
| Fees | $452 | $452 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,364 | $1,364 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $9,976 | $9,976 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $5,655 | $5,655 |
Learn more about Hunter tuition and fees.
East Asian who receive their bachelor’s degree from Hunter make an average of $28,598 a year during the early days of their career. That is 12% higher than the national average of $25,569.
Online degrees for the Hunter East Asian bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Hunter Online Learning page.
About 81.8% of the students who received their BA in East Asian in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 55.3%.
Around 87.9% of East Asian bachelor’s degree recipients at Hunter in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 25 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
East Asian Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Chinese Language & Literature | 33 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to East Asian languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 1 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 4 |
| Germanic Languages | 7 |
| Romance Languages | 31 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 3 |
*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.
