by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan” 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 33,333 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Michigan, there were 1,118 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,329 and $25,023 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in foreign languages and linguistics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their foreign languages and linguistics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s foreign languages and linguistics students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan. Oakland University is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 6 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Oakland
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Western Michigan University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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 91%.
Read more about Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Michigan State
Grand Valley State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan ranking. Grand Valley State University is a large public school situated in Allendale, Michigan. It awarded 5 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Read more about Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Grand Valley State University
Eastern Michigan University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Michigan ranking. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 3 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Eastern Michigan University
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