2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master'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.
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 the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 per year.
Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.
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Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GVSU are $17,904 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Marquette is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 5 spot on the list. 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.
UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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Loyola University Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the 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.
UIUC also took the #5 spot in our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UWM are $25,651 a year.
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Northeastern Illinois University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northeastern Illinois University is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Chicago.
Northeastern Illinois University graduate students pay an average of $17,375 in tuition and fees each year.
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DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for foreign languages and linguistics students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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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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