2024 Best East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree Schools

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #584 in popularity out of 1172 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 73 master's degrees in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General School for Your Master's Degree

The general east asian languages master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality general east asian languages program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general.

10 Top Schools for a Master's in General East Asian Languages

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from University of Colorado Boulder

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from University of Southern California

3

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from The University of Texas at Austin

4

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great option for students interested in a master's degree in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

5

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

6

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

UH Manoa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Honolulu.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from University of Hawaii at Manoa

7

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from Cornell University

8

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from Arizona State University - Tempe

8

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

UO is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Eugene.More information about a master’s in east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics, general from University of Oregon

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General by Region

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Rankings in Majors Related to General East Asian Languages

One of 5 majors within the East Asian Languages area of study, East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to General East Asian Languages

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chinese Language & Literature	34
Japanese Language & Literature	19
Other East Asian Languages	15
Korean Language & Literature	2

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.