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2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$31,593 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,161 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

Our analysis found Saint Paul College to be the best value school for foreign languages and linguistics students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Saint Paul College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Saint Paul College are $6,041 a year.

Saint Paul College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Saint Paul College Report

#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Montclair State are $21,418 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Montclair State also is in the top 15% of our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Montclair State University Report

#3

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Madonna University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their undergraduate certificate. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Livonia.

Madonna undergraduate students pay an average of $24,900 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Madonna University

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in the United States. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UMN Twin Cities undergraduate students pay an average of $33,818 in tuition and fees each year.

UMN Twin Cities excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at VCU are $36,366 a year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate foreign languages and linguistics programs. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI undergraduate students pay an average of $32,101 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, IUPUI also is in the top 5% of our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Foreign Languages & Linguistics by Region

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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 7 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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