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2023 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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$22,879 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Graduate Certificate School for You

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is the #103 most popular major in the country with 1,748 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Linguistics & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for comparative literature students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Linguistics & Comparative Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Linguistics & Comparative Literature Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Linguistics & Literature

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the best value school in the Plains States Region for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a very large student population.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Iowa also is in the top 20% of our Best Linguistics & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Linguistics & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.

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Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best linguistics and comparative literature colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 24
Minnesota 7
Iowa 21
Kansas 20
Nebraska 10
North Dakota 10
South Dakota 1

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 1,304
Classical Languages & Literature 303
East Asian Languages 209
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 160
Germanic Languages 149

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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