2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region” 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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 284 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the modern languages 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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Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 9 masters’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513.

Full UNL Modern Languages Report

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kansas State University are $24,115.

Full K -State Modern Languages Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

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