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2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
114 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,219 people earned their degree in East Asian languages, making the major the 184th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, East Asian languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,569 and had an average of $20,789 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 132 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,400 and $20,313 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in East Asian languages. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent East Asian languages programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the East Asian languages program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s East Asian degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend UMN Twin Cities is $8,418 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about East Asian Languages at UMN Twin Cities

#2

St Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Olaf College landed the #2 spot on the list. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Minnesota. It awarded 19 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Olaf also took the #3 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $12,276 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St. Olaf.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, 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 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about East Asian Languages at St. Olaf

#3

Grinnell College

Grinnell, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grinnell College landed the #3 spot on the list. Grinnell, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s East Asian degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grinnell, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,818 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Grinnell.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about East Asian Languages at Grinnell College

#4

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gustavus Adolphus College landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Peter, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s East Asian degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Gustavus Adolphus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Gustavus Adolphus College is $11,669 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Gustavus Adolphus College East Asian Languages Report

#5

Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia College at Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Concordia College Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s East Asian degrees to qualified students.

Concordia College Moorhead also made our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia College Moorhead is $17,927 for plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Concordia College at Moorhead East Asian Languages Report

#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

University of Kansas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend KU is $15,380 for plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Kansas East Asian Languages 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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