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

9 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$40,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 15,905 people earned their degree in romance languages, making the major the 63rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, romance languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,408 and had an average of $21,956 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,810 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,851 and $23,907 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in romance languages. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 romance languages program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s romance languages degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #3 spot in our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Romance Languages Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

Read full report on Romance Languages at UIUC

#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s romance languages degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Romance Languages at University of Illinois at Chicago

#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree romance languages students list, UC has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Romance Languages at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

#5

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified doctorate’s romance languages students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also took the #7 spot in our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Romance Languages at Indiana University - Bloomington

Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 7 doctorate’s romance languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

Read more about Romance Languages at Ohio State

#6 in overall quality

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read more about Romance Languages at U-M

#8

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

University of Notre Dame landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 1 doctorate’s romance languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522.

Read full report on Romance Languages at Notre Dame

#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 2 doctorate’s romance languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northwestern University Romance Languages Report

#9

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, University of Chicago did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago also took the #2 spot in our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548.

Read full report on Romance Languages at University of Chicago

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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

  • *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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