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2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

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

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 7 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and 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 per year to attend UNT.

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 UNT

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s East Asian degrees to 2 students 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 yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students.

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

Full UH East Asian Languages Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 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. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students.

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

Full ASU - Tempe East Asian Languages Report

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 #5 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 29 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree east asian students list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree east asian students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, 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 97%.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at The University of Texas at Austin

#6

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Trinity University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Trinity University is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s East Asian degrees to qualified students.

Trinity U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Trinity U is $24,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Trinity U East Asian Languages Report

#7

Austin College

Sherman, Texas

Austin College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s East Asian degrees to qualified students.

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

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at Austin College

Southern Methodist University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s East Asian students in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Methodist University is $36,222 for southwest region bachelor’s degree east asian students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at Southern Methodist University

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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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