2022 Best Value Colleges for General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in Massachusetts (With Aid)

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General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is the 784th most popular major in the country with 289 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 11 general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics 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 Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts general hispanic & latin american languages, literatures, & linguistics students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$22,501 Average Net Price

$43,990 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified ’s general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Schools in Massachusetts” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMass Amherst is $22,501 for Massachusetts General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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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#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$30,259 Average Net Price

$52,351 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified ’s general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $30,259 for Massachusetts General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics students with aid per year to attend Boston U.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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• Best Value Colleges for General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics (With Aid)

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.

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