If you're seeking a degree in southeast asian studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1357 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Southeast Asian Studies Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 14 degrees in southeast asian studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The southeast asian studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Southeast Asian Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for southeast asian studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Southeast Asian Studies in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of southeast asian studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you want to pursue a degree in southeast asian studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 1 southeast asian studies students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in southeast asian studies. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 southeast asian studies students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in southeast asian studies has to take a look at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle. This university ranks 1st out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 1 southeast asian studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of California - Riverside if you wish to pursue a degree in southeast asian studies. UCR is a very large public university located in the city of Riverside. This university ranks 36th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 2 southeast asian studies students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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