2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics in the Plains States Region

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 Linguistics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Linguistics is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,129 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 173 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality linguistics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the linguistics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. University of Kansas is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Linguistics at University of Kansas

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 1 doctorate’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Linguistics Report

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

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