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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages

4 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$34,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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” 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.

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” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in modern languages. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality modern languages programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and 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.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate list. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s modern languages degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #4 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 Wayne State are $37,215.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate list. Columbia is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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