2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree School for You
Foreign Languages & Linguistics is the #24 most popular major in the country with 33,333 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 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 71 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for foreign languages and linguistics students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Top 15% Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras the best value school in the United States for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of San Juan, UPR Rio Piedras is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPR Rio Piedras are $3,990 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UD also did well on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, Gallaudet is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gallaudet are $19,380 per year.
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Out of the 71 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.
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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree foreign languages and linguistics programs. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Houston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. 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.
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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
UCLA graduate students pay an average of $28,138 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCLA also is in the top 15% of our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC Berkeley also is in the top 5% of our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, University of Virginia is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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Here are some additional great value schools for Foreign Languages & Linguistics students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 12 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison, WI |
| 13 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics by Region
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Majors Similar to Foreign Languages & Linguistics
| 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 25 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.