2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Linguistics is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,129 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 295 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 217 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in linguistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 linguistics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UF also took the #2 spot in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students per year to attend University of Florida.
The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
UCA also made our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $15,376 for southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students per year to attend University of Central Arkansas.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
UGA also took the #6 spot in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #4 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Chapel Hill, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $12,352 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $17,127 for southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Georgia State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia State University is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,953 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students per year to attend Georgia State University.
Emory University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 21 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students list, Emory has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Emory University is $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Duke University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Duke is $27,020 for southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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