by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 3,379 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,341 and $19,976 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,902 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 76 colleges that offer a degree 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree foreign languages & linguistics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region. Sherman, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Trinity University is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 50 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 76 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baptist University of the Americas landed the #3 spot on the list. Baptist University of the Americas is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Georgetown, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 162 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, University of Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Dallas is located in Irving, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Saint Edward’s University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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University of Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 198 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Sul Ross State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Alpine, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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Texas Lutheran University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Lutheran University is located in Seguin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #11, University of Tulsa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 16 students 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%. The undergraduate 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.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
Full NMSU Main Campus Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
Southern Methodist University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, 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 90%.
Rice University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 28 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 79 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 87%.
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University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 112 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Texas A&M International University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 18 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #18, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 156 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Texas at Austin Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #19. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full The University of Texas at El Paso Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
Navajo Technical University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #21, Baylor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Northern Arizona University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 56 bachelors’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
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Texas Wesleyan University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #25. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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