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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$15,101 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,019 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in California to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in California for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCLA are $13,036 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UCLA is ranked #4 for overall quality for foreign languages and linguistics in California.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

The excellent master’s degree programs at San Francisco State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in California. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

SFSU graduate students pay an average of $8,738 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in California list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSULB are $8,280 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in California. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Berkeley are $14,160 a year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - Sacramento is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sac State are $8,826 per year.

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#6

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA

Sonoma State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in California list. SSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Rohnert Park.

SSU graduate students pay an average of $9,422 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Fresno came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

Fresno State graduate students pay an average of $8,087 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Fullerton came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State Fullerton are $8,410 per year.

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California State University - San Marcos came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUSM are $9,161 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

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

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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 19 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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