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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Linguistics

3 Ranked Colleges
100 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 100 applied linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in applied linguistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied linguistics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the applied linguistics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master’s.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Linguistics

#1

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master’s. Grand Valley State University is a large school located in Allendale, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s applied linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

GVSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Valley State University are $17,448, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GVSU Applied Linguistics Report

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master’s list. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s applied linguistics degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UO also made our “Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $29,991, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Applied Linguistics at University of Oregon

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Linguistics Schools for a Master’s list. UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 masters’s applied linguistics degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree applied linguistics students list, UMass Boston has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Boston are $36,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Applied Linguistics at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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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