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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$40,688 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,019 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree School for You

With 1,027 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, foreign languages and linguistics is the #23 most popular major in Massachusetts.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value master'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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the best value school for foreign languages and linguistics students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,251 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the large city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Boston are $18,938 per year.

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#3

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brandeis are $53,618 a year.

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Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

Tufts also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #3.

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Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in Massachusetts. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 117
Maine 89
Rhode Island 232
Connecticut 342
Vermont 204

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 5 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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