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2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Illinois, there were 46 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s East Asian degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree east asian students whose families make $75-$110k list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $16,784 for illinois bachelor’s degree east asian students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Northwestern.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about East Asian Languages at Northwestern

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k. UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s East Asian degrees to qualified students.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $17,929 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Chicago.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The low student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about East Asian Languages at UChicago

#3

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheaton College Illinois. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. Wheaton College Illinois is located in Wheaton, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s East Asian degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wheaton College Illinois, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wheaton College Illinois is $24,299 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at Wheaton College Illinois

#4

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Central College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. North Central College is located in Naperville, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s East Asian degrees to qualified students.

North Central not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend North Central College is $25,778 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

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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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