2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 500 people earned their degree in foreign language, literature and linguistics (other), making the major the 294th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,958 and had an average of $24,480 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 1 foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in foreign language, literature and linguistics (other). That schools that top this list have a program in foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in Illinois” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in Illinois”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) in Illinois

1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in Illinois list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other foreign language degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2

Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, Illinois

#20 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elmhurst University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in Illinois list. Located in Elmhurst, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other foreign language students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Elmhurst Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) in the Great Lakes Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to John Stephen Dwyer.