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

5 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$39,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in foreign language, literature and linguistics (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in foreign language, literature and linguistics (other).

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree other foreign language students.

Top 5 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #1 spot on the list. Santa Barbara, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other foreign language degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read full report on Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at UCSB

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s other foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at University of California - Los Angeles

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #3 spot on the list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other foreign language degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at UC Berkeley

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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other foreign language students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at Carnegie Mellon University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major list. University of Nevada - Reno is a large school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 0 doctorate’s other foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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