2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) is the 294th most popular major in the country with 500 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Southeast region, there were 132 foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,099 and $24,480 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in foreign language, literature and linguistics (other). The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their foreign language, literature and linguistics (other) program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) in the Southeast Region

1

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 11 masters’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 86%.

Read more about Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at Ole Miss

2

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s other foreign language degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at University of Arkansas

3

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Foreign Language Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 0 masters’s other foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

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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.