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2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$40,880 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 211 degrees and certificates were awarded to foreign languages and linguistics students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for foreign languages and linguistics students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for foreign languages and linguistics students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #4 for overall quality for foreign languages and linguistics in Illinois.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UChicago is ranked #2 for overall quality for foreign languages and linguistics in Illinois.

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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 131
Ohio 145
Wisconsin 74
Michigan 100

Foreign Languages & Linguistics Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 1,748
Romance Languages 1,304
Classical Languages & Literature 303
East Asian Languages 209
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 160
Germanic Languages 149
American Sign Language 115
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 74
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 51
South Asian Languages 22
Second Language Learning 19
Celtic Language & Literature 3
African Languages 3
Greek Language & Literature 1

Majors Similar to Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 John Stephen Dwyer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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