2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics in Arizona

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 630 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,624 and $20,453 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in foreign languages and linguistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in foreign languages and linguistics.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Arizona”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Arizona”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics in Arizona

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#3 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#2 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Foreign Languages & Linguistics Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 Arizona State University - Tempe

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to John Stephen Dwyer.