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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
114 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 132 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,400 and $20,313 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,740 for plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students per year to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 full report on East Asian Languages at UMN Twin Cities

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for KU is $18,918 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at KU

#3

Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia College at Moorhead. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Concordia College at Moorhead is a private not-for-profit institution located in Moorhead, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia College Moorhead also took the #5 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia College at Moorhead is $23,029 for plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about East Asian Languages at Concordia College at Moorhead

#4

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gustavus Adolphus College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Gustavus Adolphus College is located in Saint Peter, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s East Asian degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gustavus Adolphus, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,093 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree East Asian students per year to attend Gustavus Adolphus.

The low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about East Asian Languages at Gustavus Adolphus College

#5

St Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Olaf College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Olaf also made our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for St. Olaf is $23,543 for plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, 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 91%.

Full St. Olaf East Asian Languages Report

#6

Grinnell College

Grinnell, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Grinnell College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Grinnell, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s East Asian students in 2019-2020.

Grinnell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grinnell is $22,486 for plains states region bachelor’s degree east asian students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Grinnell 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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