Bachelor's · Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's): earnings by school

29 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$35,335
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$52,010
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$18,092
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 24 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $44,878 and $57,424. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of Rhode Island RI$50,574$77,224$19,325
University of Southern California CA—$64,421—
San Francisco State University CA$38,298$61,603—
University of California-Davis CA$33,051$60,939—
University of Maryland-College Park MD—$58,063—
North Central College IL—$57,424—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$27,779$55,898$15,000
University of Puget Sound WA$37,041$53,792—
CUNY Hunter College NY—$53,509—
University of Oregon OR$27,528$53,064$18,116
Michigan State University MI—$52,496—
Rowan University NJ—$52,195—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$45,229$51,826$12,398
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$26,543$50,989$17,300
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ—$47,331—
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI$35,335$46,563$19,500
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$37,522$46,527$18,068
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$35,492$44,878—
Florida State University FL—$44,502—
Ball State University IN—$44,208—
Western Kentucky University KY—$43,210—
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$36,947$42,569$20,056
Portland State University OR$40,597$39,563—
The University of Texas at Austin TX$40,424$38,455—
CUNY Queens College NY$34,094——
Western Washington University WA$33,875——
St Olaf College MN$31,806——
Brigham Young University UT$26,323——
University of North Texas TX$23,681——