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2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

4 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

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 Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,075 people earned their degree in modern languages, making the major the 219th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 335 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in modern languages. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent modern languages 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 modern languages 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 Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree modern languages students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages in the Far Western US Region

#1

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $16,529 for far western us region bachelor’s degree modern languages students per year to attend WWU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Modern Languages at WWU

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Northridge, California, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $8,414 for far western us region bachelor’s degree modern languages students per year to attend CSUN.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Modern Languages at California State University - Northridge

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. Located in Riverside, California, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s modern languages students in 2019-2020.

UCR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $12,871 for far western us region bachelor’s degree modern languages students per year to attend University of California - Riverside.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UCR Modern Languages Report

#4

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis & Clark College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s modern languages students in 2019-2020.

Lewis and Clark College also made our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Lewis & Clark College is $35,546 for far western us region bachelor’s degree modern languages students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Lewis & Clark College Modern Languages 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.

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