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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$41,203 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

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

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UIUC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIC are $28,468 a year.

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University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Notre Dame graduate students pay an average of $58,662 in tuition and fees each year.

Notre Dame also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #4.

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

Michigan State also claimed a spot on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 per year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

UChicago not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges by State

Explore the best foreign languages and linguistics colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 878
Michigan 1,004
Ohio 992
Illinois 954
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
African Languages 4
Iranian & Persian Languages 4
Celtic Language & Literature 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 9 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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