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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$19,561 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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Southwest 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $16,009 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas State University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Texas Tech University Report

#6

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston 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 large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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

UH also claimed a spot on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $15,677 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Rio Grande Valley also is in the top 20% of our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #8, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UT Dallas graduate students pay an average of $29,252 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Dallas also is in the top 15% of our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Full Foreign Languages & Linguistics at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

Arizona State University - Tempe 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 #9 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per 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 15 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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