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2022 Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

11 Ranked Colleges
147 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

Japanese Language & Literature is the 458th most popular major in the country with 1,001 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 179 Japanese language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 147 Japanese language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Japanese language and literature. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Japanese language and literature programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Japanese language and literature program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Japanese Language & Literature in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue University - Main Campus is $13,986 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at Purdue

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#11 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 11 bachelors’s Japanese language degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for WMU is $19,433 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at WMU

#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#10 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Japanese language degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Oakland also made our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Oakland University is $11,802 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Japanese Language students.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at Oakland

#4

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carthage College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Carthage College is a small school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin that handed out 5 bachelors’s Japanese language degrees in 2019-2020.

Carthage also took the #6 spot in our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $28,191 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students per year to attend Carthage College.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Carthage Japanese Language & Literature Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s Japanese language degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus is $17,616 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Japanese Language & Literature Report

#6

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana
#9 in overall quality

Ball State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 9 bachelors’s Japanese language degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #9 spot in our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ball State University is $15,147 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Japanese Language students.

Read full report on Japanese Language & Literature at Ball State

#7

Calvin University

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

Calvin University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Japanese language students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Calvin, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $26,647 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students per year to attend Calvin University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Calvin University Japanese Language & Literature Report

#2 in overall quality

University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s Japanese language degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $17,708 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students per year to attend UW - Madison.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Michigan State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 16 bachelors’s Japanese language degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $19,173 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students per year to attend Michigan State.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read full report on Japanese Language & Literature at Michigan State

#10

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois
#8 in overall quality

North Central College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. North Central College is located in Naperville, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s Japanese language degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Central, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $24,786 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree japanese language students per year to attend North Central.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Japanese Language & Literature at North Central College

#11

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, University of Notre Dame did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Japanese Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Japanese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Notre Dame is $33,025 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Japanese Language students.

The low student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Notre Dame Japanese Language & Literature 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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