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2023 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$40,608 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, linguistics and comparative literature was ranked #97 in the country. In fact 8,539 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Linguistics & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for comparative literature 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the comparative literature doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.

UIUC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.

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#6

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

With a ranking of #6, University of Notre Dame did quite well on this year’s best value schools for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Notre Dame are $58,662 per year.

Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree linguistics and comparative literature programs. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 15% of our Best Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree linguistics and comparative literature programs. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for linguistics and comparative literature students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 a year.

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Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best linguistics and comparative literature schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 153
Ohio 171
Illinois 235
Indiana 121
Wisconsin 90

One of 17 majors within the area of study, linguistics and comparative literature has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 15,009
American Sign Language 2,724
East Asian Languages 2,293
Classical Languages & Literature 1,428
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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