2024 Best French Language & Literature Schools in Illinois
9Colleges in Illinois
63French Language Degrees Awarded
A degree in french language & literature is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #257 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for french language & literature students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 degrees in french language & literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great French Language & Literature School
The french language program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for French Language & Literature rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for french language & literature schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
French Language & Literature Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best French Language & Literature Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for French Language & Literature in Illinois
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the french language degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a degree in french language & literature. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 11 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
Lake Forest College is a good decision for students interested in a degree in french language & literature. Located in the suburb of Lake Forest, Lake Forest is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 5 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at Lake Forest in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Illinois State University if you want to pursue a degree in french language & literature. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 1 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in french language & literature has to look into University of Illinois at Chicago. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIC is a great university overall.
There were about 10 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 10 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Augustana is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Rock Island. This college ranks 21st out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 7 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at Augustana in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #203 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
NIU is a large public university located in the suburb of Dekalb. This university ranks 24th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 4 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at NIU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Naperville, North Central is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 25th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 1 french language & literature students who graduated with this degree at North Central in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The french language program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for French Language & Literature rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for french language & literature schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
