2024 Best Value Colleges for Linguistics in Pennsylvania
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Ranked Colleges
138
Degrees Awarded
$27,100
Avg Net Price*
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 “Best Value Linguistics Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,247 people earned their degree in linguistics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 138 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great linguistics programs and cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Linguistics Schools in Pennsylvania” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Value Linguistics Schools in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Linguistics Schools in Pennsylvania.
Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Linguistics in Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Linguistics Schools in Pennsylvania list. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 64 ’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Linguistics Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $27,058 for Pennsylvania Linguistics students per year to attend Pitt.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
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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
- *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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