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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$22,752 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for foreign languages and linguistics 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

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

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UH graduate students pay an average of $18,871 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 per year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

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Northern Arizona University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $20,125 per year.

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#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for foreign languages and linguistics students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree foreign languages and linguistics programs. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 84
Texas 229
Oklahoma 4
New Mexico 74

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

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 9 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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