A degree in modern languages is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #234 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Modern Languages Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 216 degrees in modern languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The modern languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Modern Languages rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for modern languages schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The modern languages school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Modern Languages Schools in Tennessee.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the modern languages degrees they offer, see the list below.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in modern languages. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were about 62 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
University of Memphis is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in modern languages. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Memphis. This university ranks 9th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 56 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Middle Tennessee State University if you want to pursue a degree in modern languages. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro. This university ranks 12th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 46 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The modern languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Modern Languages rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for modern languages schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
