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2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

71 Colleges
$25,565 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

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 fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPR Rio Piedras are $3,990 a year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UD is a very large public school located in the 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.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Delaware

#3

Gallaudet University

Washington, DC

Out of the 71 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, Gallaudet is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Gallaudet graduate students pay an average of $19,380 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Gallaudet University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 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 Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

UT Austin also claimed a spot on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin

#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Texas Tech University

#8

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree foreign languages and linguistics programs. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH are $18,871 a year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Houston Report

University of California - Los Angeles landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree foreign languages and linguistics programs. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA graduate students pay an average of $28,138 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of California - Los Angeles

University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for foreign languages and linguistics students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#10

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for foreign languages and linguistics students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, University of Virginia also did well on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Honorable Mentions

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
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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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

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.

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