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2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$35,105 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,164 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to see which 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. 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 Schools in Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for foreign languages and linguistics students. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Knoxville undergraduate students pay an average of $13,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Knoxville is ranked #5 for overall quality for foreign languages and linguistics in Tennessee.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
$56,966 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Vanderbilt University is a great value for foreign languages and linguistics students. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vanderbilt are $56,966 per year.

Vanderbilt also made our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Vanderbilt University

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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