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2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$34,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Modern Languages is the 219th most popular major in the country with 3,075 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in modern languages. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great modern languages programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the modern languages program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages (Income $30-$48k)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 7 doctorate’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Modern Languages at Purdue

#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s modern languages students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695.

Read more about Modern Languages at U of U

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also made our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wayne State Modern Languages Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 doctorate’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Modern Languages at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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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