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2023 Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$16,544 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Classical Languages & Literature School for You

In 2020-2021, 84 degrees and certificates were awarded to classical languages and literature students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #227 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for classical languages students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California

Check out the classical languages programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named San Francisco State University the best value school in California for classical languages and literature students. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

SFSU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$6,846 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Long Beach landed the # 2 spot on the list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

CSULB undergraduate students pay an average of $6,846 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$13,258 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA undergraduate students pay an average of $13,258 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California list.

Full Classical Languages & Literature at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#4

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SDSU are $8,136 a year.

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$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC Berkeley are $14,226 a year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California list.

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$14,417 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, University of California - Santa Barbara did quite well on this year’s best value schools for classical languages and literature students. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSB are $14,417 per year.

UCSB also claimed a spot on our Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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$14,700 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - San Diego came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UCSD undergraduate students pay an average of $14,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCSD also did well on our Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$13,775 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - Irvine ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

UC Irvine undergraduate students pay an average of $13,775 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$14,070 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - Santa Cruz came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Santa Cruz are $14,070 per year.

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$13,754 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - Riverside came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Schools in California ranking. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCR are $13,754 a year.

Full Classical Languages & Literature at University of California - Riverside Report

Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Classical Languages & Literature Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 30
Oregon 12
Hawaii 5

Classical Languages & Literature is one of 17 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 15,009
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 8,539
American Sign Language 2,724
East Asian Languages 2,293
Germanic Languages 1,425

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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