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2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

5 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$19,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Washington” 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 Washington, there were 106 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,700 and $17,616 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 96 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking, we looked at 5 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in Washington

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW Seattle is $13,297 for washington bachelor’s degree east asian students.

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 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about East Asian Languages at UW Seattle

#2

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Washington University is a fairly large public school situated in Bellingham, Washington. It awarded 20 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree east asian students list, WWU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $16,529 for washington bachelor’s degree east asian students per year to attend WWU.

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 Western Washington University

#3

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also made our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $15,397 for washington bachelor’s degree east asian students per year to attend CWU.

Read more about East Asian Languages at CWU

#4

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s East Asian degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also made our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Washington State University is $16,358 for washington bachelor’s degree east asian students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Wazzu East Asian Languages Report

#5

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, Washington
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Puget Sound landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tacoma, Washington, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

Puget Sound did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $35,149 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students per year to attend University of Puget Sound.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of Puget Sound 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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