2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 398 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,500 and $22,783 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 East Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for East Asian Languages in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 7 masters’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about East Asian Languages at UW - Madison

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. IU Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also made our “Best East Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about East Asian Languages at IU Bloomington

#3

Ohio State University - Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$37,141 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value East Asian Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 6 masters’s East Asian degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #2 spot in our “Best East Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on East Asian Languages at Ohio State

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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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