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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

16 Colleges
$29,214 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,680 Avg Salary

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

Foreign Languages & Linguistics is the #25 most popular major in Illinois with 954 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in Illinois 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

Check out the foreign languages and linguistics bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville the best value school in Illinois for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their bachelor’s degree. SIUE is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

SIUE undergraduate students pay an average of $11,496 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 16 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

Illinois State undergraduate students pay an average of $13,968 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Illinois State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in Illinois. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WIU are $13,297 a year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.

UIUC also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

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Out of the 16 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $14,738 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Northeastern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their bachelor’s degree. Northeastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern Illinois University are $12,064 per year.

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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree foreign languages and linguistics programs. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIC are $15,603 per year.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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#9

Dominican University

River Forest, IL

With a ranking of #9, Dominican 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 suburb of River Forest, Dominican U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dominican U are $35,420 per year.

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#10

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL

Lake Forest College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree foreign languages and linguistics programs. Located in the suburb of Lake Forest, Lake Forest is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lake Forest are $51,002 a year.

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

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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 878
Michigan 1,004
Ohio 992
Wisconsin 787

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
Celtic Language & Literature 4
African Languages 4
Iranian & Persian Languages 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 16 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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