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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

East Asian Languages is the 184th most popular major in the country with 2,219 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 98 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,900 and $21,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in East Asian languages. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality East Asian languages 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 East Asian languages program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree east asian students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 29 degrees to qualified bachelors’s East Asian students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students with aid per year to attend UT Austin.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at UT Austin

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. UNT is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 16 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students with aid per year to attend University of North Texas.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about East Asian Languages at University of North Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 18 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students with aid per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about East Asian Languages at ASU - Tempe

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at University of Houston

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree east asian students with aid per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, 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 87%.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#6

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Trinity University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s East Asian students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree east asian students with aid list, Trinity U has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Trinity University is $24,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree east asian students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national 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.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at Trinity U

#7

Austin College

Sherman, Texas

With a ranking of #7, Austin College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Austin College is a small school located in Sherman, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin College also made our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Austin College is $21,357 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at Austin College

Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $36,222 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Southern Methodist University 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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