by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,247 people earned their degree in linguistics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 373 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular linguistics programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree linguistics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 9 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 8 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 7 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 6 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 5 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s linguistics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Florida International University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 4 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 2 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #9, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s linguistics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. FAU is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 0 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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