by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Southeast region, there were 5,704 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,550 and $22,603 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 444 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 45 colleges that offered 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 foreign languages & linguistics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree foreign languages & linguistics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region. UNO is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. SEBTS is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It awarded 5 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 31 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region. UNF is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, 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 Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 21 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #6, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s foreign languages and linguistics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 13 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Mississippi State University Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read more about Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Virginia
Wake Forest University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Wake Forest University
Georgia Southern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. GaSou is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 12 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia Southern University Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
Florida State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 27 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. FAU is a large public school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 16 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Mississippi did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Mississippi Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
With a ranking of #15, North Carolina State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at NC State
Auburn University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Auburn University Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
University of Georgia ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 18 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Georgia Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 23 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Memphis ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #20, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Arkansas came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 8 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Arkansas
University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 10 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of South Carolina - Columbia
Georgia State University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 8 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #24, University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 5 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees to 7 students 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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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