2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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 “Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Romance Languages is the 678th most popular major in the country with 342 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 94 general romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general romance languages. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general romance languages programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general romance languages program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The romance languages 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 “Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree romance languages students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Romance Languages in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s romance languages students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476.

Read full report on General Romance Languages at University of Georgia

#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#4 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s romance languages degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Romance Languages at The University of Alabama

#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 1 doctorate’s romance languages degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624.

Read full report on General Romance Languages at Vanderbilt

#4

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #4 spot on the list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.

Duke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140.

Full Duke University General Romance Languages Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Romance Languages

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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 Susana Freixeiro.

Featured Foreign Language Schools

Request Info

Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs ... Learn More >