Best Schools for East Asian Languages in 2026
These are the top schools offering East Asian Languages, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average East Asian Languages graduate earns $28,844/yr across 21 schools.
All East Asian Languages Programs Ranked
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| # | School | DW Score | Earnings | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit |
49
42–49 |
$71,769/yr | 2.3x |
| 2 |
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD · Public |
47
39–47 |
$33,070/yr | 14.2x |
| 3 |
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY · Public |
45
39–45 |
$26,571/yr | 21.6x |
| 4 |
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL · Public |
42
35–43 |
$32,027/yr | 20.1x |
| 5 |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI · Public |
35
29–35 |
$27,856/yr | 8.4x |
| 6 |
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA · Public |
34
28–34 |
$28,997/yr | 8.3x |
| 7 |
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA · Public |
34
31–34 |
$19,861/yr | 16.1x |
| 8 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI · Public |
34
29–34 |
$24,451/yr | 10.6x |
| 9 |
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA · Public |
34
29–34 |
$25,457/yr | 7.0x |
| 10 |
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · Public |
34
30–34 |
$23,701/yr | 11.4x |
| 11 |
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public |
32
28–32 |
$23,980/yr | 9.3x |
| 12 |
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ · Public |
30
23–30 |
$31,513/yr | 4.0x |
| 13 |
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH · Public |
28
22–28 |
$28,109/yr | 7.7x |
| 14 |
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN · Public |
26
19–26 |
$29,219/yr | 5.1x |
| 15 |
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC · Public |
26
21–26 |
$24,825/yr | 10.3x |
| 16 |
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR · Public |
26
21–27 |
$27,331/yr | 6.3x |
| 17 |
Portland State University
Portland, OR · Public |
26
21–26 |
$25,262/yr | 4.6x |
| 18 |
North Central College
Naperville, IL · Private nonprofit |
24
17–24 |
$29,594/yr | 0.7x |
| 19 |
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA · Public |
22
20–23 |
$17,464/yr | 4.3x |
| 20 |
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN · Public |
22
17–23 |
$27,349/yr | 4.9x |
| 21 |
St Olaf College
Northfield, MN · Private nonprofit |
22
16–22 |
$27,328/yr | 0.2x |
Methodology
Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).
Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.