2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in California (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 California, there were 535 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,133 and $14,370 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the East Asian languages program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in California (With Aid)

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,944 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Francisco State University is a large public school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 4 masters’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU also made our “Best East Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Francisco State University are $17,944, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at San Francisco State University

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 1 masters’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at University of Southern California

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages (With Aid)

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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