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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Language Translation

9 Ranked Colleges
154 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 language translation graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in language translation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent language translation programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the language translation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree language translation students.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Language Translation

#9 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 Master’s. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s language translation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree language translation students list, UT Rio Grande Valley has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Language Translation at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s language translation students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #5 spot in our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full University of Iowa Language Translation Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Language Translation at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s language translation degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

Read full report on Language Translation at UIUC

#8 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 Master’s list. Kent State University at Kent is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 16 masters’s language translation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Language Translation at Kent State University at Kent

#6

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New York University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s list. NYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree language translation students list, NYU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s list. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey is a private not-for-profit institution located in Monterey, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury Institute not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey are $42,804.

Full Middlebury Institute Language Translation Report

#8

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

Wake Forest University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s ranking. Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s language translation degrees to qualified students.

Wake Forest University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Language Translation at Wake Forest University

#9

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#2 in overall quality

University of Rochester did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Language Translation Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. University of Rochester is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 3 masters’s language translation degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Language Translation Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505.

Read full report on Language Translation at University of Rochester

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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