by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,871 people earned their degree in modern languages, making the major the 234th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 163 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in modern languages. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in modern languages.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree modern languages students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 3 masters’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Modern Languages Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s modern languages students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 9 masters’s modern languages 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Modern Languages Report
With a ranking of #6, Marquette University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modern Languages Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Marquette is a fairly large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 1 masters’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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