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2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$32,771 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,019 Avg Salary

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

With 30 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, foreign languages and linguistics is the #29 most popular major in Tennessee.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Knoxville are $13,380 a year.

UT Knoxville also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #4.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Out of the 2 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Vanderbilt graduate students pay an average of $52,162 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Vanderbilt did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Vanderbilt University Report

Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 24
Florida 140
Virginia 71
North Carolina 96
Georgia 80
West Virginia 31
Louisiana 50
South Carolina 20
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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