by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 33,333 people earned their degree in foreign languages and linguistics, making the major the 24th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, foreign languages and linguistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,172 and had an average of $22,048 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 1,009 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,801 and $23,387 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,626 and $15,120 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in foreign languages and linguistics. That schools that top this list have a program in foreign languages and linguistics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John A Logan College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois. This small school is located in Carterville, Illinois, and it awarded 11 associates’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Illinois College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois. Belleville, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Central College landed the #3 spot on the list. Illinois Central College is a medium-sized public school situated in East Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 5 associates’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Waubonsee Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois. Located in Sugar Grove, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s foreign languages and linguistics students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of DuPage. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois list. College of DuPage is a public institution located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Richland Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Decatur, Illinois, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s foreign languages and linguistics students in 2020-2021.
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