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18 Master's degrees in Asian Studies in California, United States

Asian Studies - Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
The Asian Studies - Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language degree at California State University Long Beach targets native speakers or near-native speakers of Chinese who would like to become a Chinese language instructor either in the United States or in China.
Asian American Studies
The Asian American Studies program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) aims to equip students with theoretical and conceptual tools for critical thinking and critical analysis and prepare them for careers in both private and public domains.
Asian Studies
The Asian Studies Master is offered by San Diego State University. Asia is undeniably a major player in the world today—from global economics, politics, and environmentalism to pop culture, philosophy, and the fine arts—representing diverse cultural resources that have endured thousands of years.
Engaged Jain Studies - South Asian and Global Perspectives
Claremont School of Theology (CST) offers a first of its kind, remotely available Engaged Jain Studies - South Asian and Global Perspectives in partnership with Arihanta Institute (DBA Arihanta Academy).
Chinese
The Chinese MA program offered at San Francisco State University provides insight into one of the world’s oldest civilizations and inspire the student to view the modern world from alternative perspectives.
Teaching Asian Languages
With Asian languages rapidly gaining global importance, there is a strong demand for competency in these languages and the required professional training. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is pleased to announce the start of a Master’s Degree Program in Teaching Asian Languages.
Asian American Studies
The Asian American Studies MA program from San Francisco State University offers an interdisciplinary approach to theories and methods in Asian American Studies, as well as coursework in Asian American history, social sciences, and humanities.
Asian American Studies
Asian American Studies from University of California, Irvine (UCI) is a unique Master's graduate program in which all current UCI undergraduate students can build upon their undergraduate work to complete an MA in Asian American Studies in one additional year beyond the completion of the Bachelor's degree.
Southeast Asian Studies
The Southeast Asian Studies M.A. at the University of California, Riverside is a two-year, full-time postgraduate programme. It offers specialised tracks in research or community engagement, focusing on the diverse arts, rituals, and cultural identities of the region and its global diasporas through interdisciplinary study.
South and Southeast Asian Studies
This South and Southeast Asian Studies program from University of California, Berkeley offers emphases in the following languages and cultural traditions: Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Tamil, and Khmer.
Asian Studies
The Faculty Group in Asian Studies from University of California, Berkeley administers an interdisciplinary programleading to an M.A. degree. Utilizing the faculty and facilities of the entireuniversity, this degree program cuts across conventional disciplinary lines andemphasizes a basic core of knowledge concerning one particular geographic areaof Asia.
Asian Contemplative and Transcultural Studies
Our master’s in East-West Psychology with a concentration in Asian Contemplative and Transcultural Studies from California Institute of Integral Studies is a two-year, online M.A. program consisting of 36 units.
East Asian Studies
The East Asian Studies programme at Stanford University offers a comprehensive M.A. degree focused on the research and culture of the region. This full-time course provides students with access to a world-class centre for global studies, ensuring a deep academic engagement with East Asian history, society, and language.

Asian Studies
The Asian Studies at California State University Long Beach provides a comparative understanding of the cultural, economic, and socio-political significance of Asia in the 21st century. It requires competency in one or more Asian languages. To achieve this, MA students are encouraged to study abroad for part of their course work.
East Asian Studies
The East Asian Studies program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is an interdisciplinary program intended to enable students to develop a broad understanding of an individual East Asian culture or to engage in comparative study of two or more East Asian cultures.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University is a dual degree where students earn the Doctorate degree, and the Master’s degree that is required to sit for State and National licensing and certification exams.
East Asian Area Studies
The East Asian Studies Center offers the interdisciplinary East Asian Area Studies MA program offered by University of Southern California.
American Indian Studies
In 1982 the American Indian Studies program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was the first program of its kind established in the nation. Ranked among the best in American Indian Studies, the Master of Arts program draws on a diverse range of departments at UCLA.