2022 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Foreign Languages & Linguistics is the 24th most popular major in the country with 34,268 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, foreign languages and linguistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,403 and had an average of $21,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 133 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 133 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in foreign languages and linguistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent foreign languages and linguistics 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 foreign languages and linguistics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to qualified students.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree foreign languages & linguistics students.

Full University of Southern Maine Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report

#2

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,777 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #2 spot on the list. Colby College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waterville, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,777 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Foreign Languages & Linguistics students per year to attend Colby.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Colby Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report

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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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