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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Linguistics

4 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$16,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 163 people earned their degree in applied linguistics, making the major the 938th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 applied linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in applied linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied linguistics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the applied linguistics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree applied linguistics students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Linguistics

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 6 bachelors’s applied linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Applied Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for U of I is $14,132 for bachelor’s degree applied linguistics students.

Full U of I Applied Linguistics Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s applied linguistics degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UC Irvine is $14,783 for bachelor’s degree applied linguistics students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 full report on Applied Linguistics at UC Irvine

#4

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Santa Cruz, California, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied linguistics students in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Applied Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Santa Cruz is $18,186 for bachelor’s degree applied linguistics students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, 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 85%.

Read full report on Applied Linguistics at University of California - Santa Cruz

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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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