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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

24 Colleges
$21,407 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,680 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree School for You

Foreign Languages & Linguistics is the #22 most popular major in California with 5,369 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for foreign languages and linguistics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Francisco State University the best value school in California for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SFSU are $7,304 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSULB are $6,846 per year.

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#3

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Sonoma State University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their bachelor’s degree. SSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Rohnert Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SSU are $7,988 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Fullerton. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal State Fullerton are $6,976 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - Fresno is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

Fresno State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,653 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, California State University - Sacramento did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sac State are $7,392 per year.

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California State University - Chico came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Chico State is a large public school located in the city of Chico.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chico State are $7,864 per year.

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University of California - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for foreign languages and linguistics students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCLA are $13,258 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #9, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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University of California - Berkeley ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley undergraduate students pay an average of $14,226 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Berkeley also did well on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 603
Oregon 579
Hawaii 198
Nevada 130
Alaska 34

Foreign Languages & Linguistics Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 15,009
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 8,539
American Sign Language 2,724
East Asian Languages 2,293
Classical Languages & Literature 1,428
Germanic Languages 1,425
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 607
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 607
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 500
Second Language Learning 108
Southeast Asian & Pacific Languages 38
South Asian Languages 24
Native American Languages 16
African Languages 4
Iranian & Persian Languages 4
Celtic Language & Literature 4
Greek Language & Literature 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 24 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 John Stephen Dwyer.

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