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2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$49,137 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, foreign languages and linguistics was ranked #26 in the country. In fact 4,163 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the New England Region 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 the New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best value school for foreign languages and linguistics students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Brown graduate students pay an average of $62,083 in tuition and fees each year.

Brown also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Brown University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

UMass Amherst graduate students pay an average of $32,809 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in the New England Region . UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges by State

Explore the best foreign languages and linguistics colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 199
Rhode Island 7
Connecticut 110
New Hampshire 13
Maine 0
Vermont 65

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 4 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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