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by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Applied Linguistics Major in California for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Applied Linguistics is the 862nd most popular major in the country with 198 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 46 applied linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 applied linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Applied Linguistics Major in California for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in applied linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular applied linguistics programs in the United States.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Applied Linguistics Major in California for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Applied Linguistics Major in California for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Applied Linguistics Major in California for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school situated in Santa Cruz, California. It awarded 19 bachelors’s applied linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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 Applied Linguistics at University of California - Santa Cruz
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Applied Linguistics Major in California for a Bachelor’s. UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s applied linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
