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2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$10,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Language Translation is the 673rd most popular major in the country with 874 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 language translation graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in language translation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality language translation programs that also have a lower cost than 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 language translation program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree language translation students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Language Translation (Income $0-$30k)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s language translation degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #3 spot in our “Best Language Translation Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Rio Grande Valley is $2,993 for Bachelor’s Degree Language Translation students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Language Translation at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s language translation students in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Language Translation Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brigham Young University - Provo is $8,834 for Bachelor’s Degree Language Translation students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full BYU Language Translation Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Language Translation Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $11,811 for Bachelor’s Degree Language Translation students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington Language Translation Report

#4

Aquinas College Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Aquinas College Michigan landed the #4 spot on the list. Grand Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s language translation degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree language translation students whose families make $0-$30k list, Aquinas College Michigan has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Language Translation Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,510 for bachelor’s degree language translation students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Aquinas College Michigan.

Read full report on Language Translation at Aquinas College Michigan

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s language translation degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Language Translation Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kent State is $13,915 for Bachelor’s Degree Language Translation students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Language Translation at Kent State

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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