2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Studies

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 East Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 4 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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Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Studies

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 1 doctorate’s East Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best East Asian Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about East Asian Studies at UIUC

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#4 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 doctorate’s East Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best East Asian Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on East Asian Studies at University of Arizona

#3

New York University

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s East Asian studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best East Asian Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892.

Full New York University East Asian Studies Report

#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Studies Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s East Asian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best East Asian Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Read full report on East Asian Studies at Harvard University

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.

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