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2022 Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 70 people earned their degree in Korean language and literature, making the major the 978th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 Korean language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in Korean language and literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Korean language and literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the Korean language and literature program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree korean language & literature students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Korean Language & Literature (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Korean language and literature students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $13,297 for Bachelor’s Degree Korean Language & Literature students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Korean Language & Literature Report

#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s Korean language and literature degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA also made our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Los Angeles is $14,279 for bachelor’s degree korean language & literature students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Korean Language & Literature at University of California - Los Angeles

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 5 bachelors’s Korean language and literature degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BYU is $13,322 for bachelor’s degree korean language & literature students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Brigham Young University - Provo Korean Language & Literature Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Korean language and literature degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Irvine is $14,783 for bachelor’s degree korean language & literature students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read more about Korean Language & Literature at UC Irvine

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Korean language and literature degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State is $17,616 for Bachelor’s Degree Korean Language & Literature students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Korean Language & Literature at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#6

Wellesley College

Wellesley, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Wellesley College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Wellesley is a small school located in Wellesley, Massachusetts that handed out 2 bachelors’s Korean language and literature degrees in 2019-2020.

Wellesley also made our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Wellesley is $22,087 for bachelor’s degree korean language & literature students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The 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 low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 more about Korean Language & Literature at Wellesley

#8 in overall quality

University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 15 bachelors’s Korean language and literature degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hawaii at Manoa is $15,030 for bachelor’s degree korean language & literature students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Korean Language & Literature at University of Hawaii at Manoa

#8

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Korean Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s Korean language and literature degrees to qualified students.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Korean Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $21,654 for Bachelor’s Degree Korean Language & Literature students with aid per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Korean Language & Literature at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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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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