2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 180 people earned their degree in other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics, making the major the 836th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 81 other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree other romance languages, literatures, & linguistics students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in the Southeast Region

1

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boone, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Appalachian State University Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Report

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #2 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad 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%.

Full UNC Chapel Hill Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics

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

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