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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.

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

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

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 city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well 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 reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.

UIUC 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 10% of all schools in this category.

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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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $28,468 per year.

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#3

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Notre Dame helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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

Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. 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. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

Michigan State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked 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 Indiana University - Bloomington 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 . IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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With a ranking of #8, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a 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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#9

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #9, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in tuition and fees each year.

UChicago also took the #2 spot in our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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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
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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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