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2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Asian Studies is the 434th most popular major in the country with 996 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 68 Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in Asian studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Asian studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the Asian studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Asian Studies in the New England Region

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 10 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also made our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $18,340 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Asian Studies students per year to attend UMass Boston.

Full University of Massachusetts - Boston Asian Studies Report

#2

Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Williams College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Williams also made our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Williams College is $19,480 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#3

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowdoin College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Bowdoin College is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees to qualified students.

Bowdoin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $21,910 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students per year to attend Bowdoin.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 5 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #5 spot in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boston University is $30,259 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Asian Studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Dartmouth College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hanover, New Hampshire. It awarded 21 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students list, Dartmouth has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $33,574 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students per year to attend Dartmouth College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Amherst College

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Amherst College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Asian studies degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Amherst also took the #3 spot in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Amherst College is $18,524 for new england region bachelor’s degree asian studies students.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Amherst College Asian Studies Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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