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2023 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$20,279 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,784 Avg Salary

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

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is the #97 most popular major in the country with 8,539 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for comparative literature students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lamar University the best value school in the Southwest Region for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their master’s degree. Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

UH graduate students pay an average of $18,871 in tuition and fees each year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a great value for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their master’s degree. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Rio Grande Valley also is in the top 20% of our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for linguistics and comparative literature students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Dallas also is in the top 15% of our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree linguistics and comparative literature programs. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for linguistics and comparative literature students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each 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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 446
Arizona 85
Oklahoma 34
New Mexico 95

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is one of 17 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Comparative Literature

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 12 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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