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96 Master's degrees in Asian Studies in United States
East Asian Languages and Cultures
The graduate program in East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign reflects the Department's conviction that an understanding of East Asia must build on a broad and deep proficiency in both the languages of the region and in the theoretical and methodological approaches that inform advanced teaching and research of its cultures.
East Asian Studies
Our M.A. in East Asian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington is our most flexible graduate degree option and allows students to design a custom course of study (in consultation with their advisor).
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.
South Asia Regional Studies
The South Asia Regional Studies program of University of Pennsylvania is intended to give students a broad background knowledge of South Asia and further their competence in an Asian language so that they may enter a career in business, law, non-profit or government work.
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.
Asian Law
The Asian Law program at Temple University is designed primarily for J.D. holders (and potential J.D. students) or lawyers from foreign common law jurisdictions, who would use Temple’s curricular strengths and existing programs as a bridge to take or expand their careers to Asia, the most dynamic region in the 21st century world.
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.
Teaching Chinese
Brandeis University's Master of Arts program in Teaching Chinese at Brandeis University at the College Level prepares students who have already obtained a foreign master’s degree in teaching Chinese to be instructors at the collegiate level in the United States.
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.
Asian Studies
The M.A. Asian Studies program at Ohio University is an interdisciplinary program that strives to provide students with a strong grounding in core disciplines that constitute Asian Studies (including political science, history, anthropology, geography, linguistics) while giving them the opportunity to form their course of study around their professional and academic goals.
East Asian Languages and Literatures
The East Asian Languages and Literatures program of the University of Oregon is leading to the master of arts (M.A.) degree. Students may choose to specialize in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean literary studies.
East Asian Area Studies
The East Asian Studies Center offers the interdisciplinary East Asian Area Studies MA program offered by University of Southern California.
International Studies - South Asia
University of Washington's M.A. program in International Studies - South Asia offers students a framework within which to carry out the interdisciplinary study of the peoples and nations of the South Asian subcontinent – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan and Bhutan.
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.