2024 Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in middle eastern semitic languages. It is ranked #246 out of 343 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 master's degrees in middle eastern semitic languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to middle eastern semitic languages students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of middle eastern semitic languages students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt middle eastern semitic languages students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized middle eastern semitic languages related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for middle eastern semitic languages students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Middle Eastern Semitic Languages in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in middle eastern semitic languages.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Middle Eastern Semitic Languages

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

7 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in middle eastern semitic languages. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in middle eastern semitic languages from Columbia University in the City of New York

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New York University
New York, NY

7 Annual Graduates

New York University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in middle eastern semitic languages. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in middle eastern semitic languages from New York University

Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Colleges by State

Explore the best middle eastern semitic languages colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	14
Pennsylvania	248	26
District of Columbia	154	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Middle Eastern Semitic Languages

Middle Eastern Semitic Languages is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Arabic Language & Literature	23
Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other	9
Hebrew Language & Literature	7
Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Middle Eastern Semitic Languages

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	228
Romance Languages	201
Classical Languages & Literature	65
East Asian Languages	59
American Sign Language	52
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	17
Second Language Learning	10
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	8
Germanic Languages	6

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nabaten. More about our data sources and methodologies.