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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Japanese Language & Literature

11 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$33,800 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Japanese Language & Literature is the 453rd most popular major in the country with 1,053 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 Japanese language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in Japanese language and literature. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Japanese language and literature program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major”.

Top 11 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Japanese Language & Literature

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major. UH Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Japanese language degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Japanese Language & Literature at Portland State University

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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 2 masters’s Japanese language degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full WUSTL Japanese Language & Literature Report

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Japanese Language & Literature Report

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s Japanese language students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at Stanford University

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s Japanese language degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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

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Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

With a ranking of #7, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major list. This large school is located in Bloomington, Indiana, and it awarded 2 masters’s Japanese language degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read full report on Japanese Language & Literature at Indiana University - Bloomington

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DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

DePaul University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major ranking. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 1 masters’s Japanese language degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full DePaul University Japanese Language & Literature Report

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s Japanese language degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Japanese Language & Literature at UC Berkeley

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Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major ranking. BYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at Brigham Young University - Provo

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San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

San Francisco State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Japanese Language Major ranking, coming in at #9. SFSU is a large public school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 10 masters’s Japanese language degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Japanese Language & Literature at San Francisco State University

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