2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is the 836th most popular major in the country with 180 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Appalachian State is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 3 masters’s other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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 Most Well Attended Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s 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 located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s other romance languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees to qualified students.

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 Popular 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro.