Japanese Language & Literature

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Median In-State
Public Tuition

$9,695

declining 0.237%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$58,818

growing 3.23%

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The most common degree awarded to students studying Japanese Language & Literature is a bachelors degree.

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Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Japanese Language & Literature and the types of students that study this field. The University of Texas at Austin awards the most degrees in Japanese Language & Literature in the US, but Bennington College and St Olaf College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Japanese Language & Literature.

Tuition costs for Japanese Language & Literature majors are, on average, $9,695 for in-state public colleges, and $58,818 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Japanese Language & Literature programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (694 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Japanese Language & Literature (2022)

The University of Texas at Austin
67 degrees awarded
University of Hawaii at Manoa
49 degrees awarded
Diablo Valley College (113634)
40 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Japanese Language & Literature, is Public, 4-year or above (694 completions in 2022).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Japanese Language & Literature programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$9,695

Median In-State Public

$58,818

Median Out of State Private

The University of Texas at Austin has the most Japanese Language & Literature degree recipients, with 67 degrees awarded in 2022.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Japanese Language & Literature.

Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Japanese Language & Literature programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Bennington College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Japanese Language & Literature, with 1.66%.

Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Japanese Language & Literature

Los Angeles County, CA
104 degrees awarded
Travis County, TX
72 degrees awarded
Honolulu County, HI
49 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Japanese Language & Literature by year.

Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Japanese Language & Literature.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in (376 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Japanese Language & Literature are Bachelors Degree, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Associates Degree.

Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (50.8%)

Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Japanese Language & Literature.

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
376 degrees awarded
Asian
234 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
172 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Japanese Language & Literature for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination

N/A
N/A degrees awarded
N/A
N/A degrees awarded
N/A
N/A degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Japanese Language & Literature.

N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Japanese Language & Literature field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Japanese Language & Literature majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Japanese Language & Literature majors need more than the average amount of Active Listening, Speaking, and Monitoring.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Japanese Language & Literature majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Active Listening is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Speaking, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.