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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$23,289 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. 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.

The Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Linguistics & Literature

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska at Omaha the best value school in the Plains States Region for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their master’s degree. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNOMAHA are $16,374 a year.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $19,541 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNL also did well on our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.

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#6

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.

Iowa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.

UMN Twin Cities also claimed a spot on our Best Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#8

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

With a ranking of #8, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Kansas Report

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best linguistics and comparative literature colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 193
Minnesota 61
Kansas 106
Iowa 64
Nebraska 48
North Dakota 16
South Dakota 3

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 8 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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