Best Colleges for Chinese

It is not hard to find compelling reasons why majoring in Chinese is an excellent investment of your tuition dollars. The most spoken language on planet Earth, one in five people speaks Chinese, it is the second largest economy in the world, and is the number one trade partner of the United States. In addition to likely arising from your undergraduate years with competing job offers at much higher salaries than your non-Chinese-speaking peers, study this elegant language and 5,000 year old culture will be intellectually stimulating and rewarding. Of course, not every college has a Chinese major and some are superior in quality to others. Our list of Best Colleges for Chinese includes a mix of state universities with stellar Chinese departments as well as many top-notch liberal arts institutions.

Click the links below for more information about each college’s Chinese program. Click here to read our methodology.

Bates College

Brigham Young University

College of the Holy Cross

Georgetown University

Hamilton College

Macalester College

Middlebury College

Ohio State University

Reed College

Stanford University

Tufts University

United States Military Academy

United States Naval Academy

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Maryland, College Park

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Oregon

University of Pittsburgh

University of Puget Sound

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Vassar College

Wellesley College

Williams College

Wofford College