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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$20,433 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor'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.

The Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in California 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in California 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.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $13,036 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of California - Los Angeles Report

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,160 per year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list, coming in at #3.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of California - Berkeley Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Davis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in California. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $13,608 per year.

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSB are $13,581 a year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Irvine is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $13,356 per year.

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University of California - Santa Cruz ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Santa Cruz are $13,895 a year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of California - Santa Cruz Report

University of Southern California 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

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

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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
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 7 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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