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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$44,626 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,019 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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.

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 Master’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 master's degree.

Top 10 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in the New England Region for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year.

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#2

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Brandeis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value foreign languages and linguistics schools in the New England Region . Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brandeis are $53,618 per year.

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#3

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Tufts graduate students pay an average of $55,216 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Tufts also is in the top 10% of our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.

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#4

Brown University

Providence, RI

Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brown are $62,083 a year.

Brown also took the #3 spot in our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for foreign languages and linguistics students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNH graduate students pay an average of $29,992 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. 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.

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#8

Boston University

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #8, Boston University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the city of Boston.

UMass Boston graduate students pay an average of $36,485 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

Middlebury College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the town of Middlebury, Middlebury is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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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 10 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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