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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$35,854 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 96 degrees and certificates were awarded to foreign languages and linguistics students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #29 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 North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the best value school in North Carolina for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Duke University Report

Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 24
Florida 140
Virginia 71
Tennessee 30
Georgia 80
South Carolina 20
Louisiana 50
West Virginia 31
Kentucky 31
Arkansas 11
Alabama 21

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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