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2022 Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$26,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

East Asian Studies is the 519th most popular major in the country with 643 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 182 East Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 East Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in East Asian studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent East Asian studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the East Asian studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The east asian studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

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Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University at Albany

Albany, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Albany, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s East Asian studies students in 2019-2020.

UAlbany also made our “Best East Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UAlbany is $18,577 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian Studies students.

Read more about East Asian Studies at University at Albany

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s East Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best East Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree east asian studies students per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick East Asian Studies Report

#3

Dickinson College

Carlisle, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dickinson College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s East Asian studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dickinson, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best East Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dickinson College is $29,452 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree east asian studies students.

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.

Read full report on East Asian Studies at Dickinson College

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #4 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s East Asian studies degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best East Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia is $23,306 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian Studies students.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Columbia East Asian Studies Report

#5

New York University

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s East Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best East Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $39,772 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian Studies students per year to attend NYU.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NYU East 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%.

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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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