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2023 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$23,690 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,341 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics 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 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 the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the foreign languages and linguistics programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for foreign languages and linguistics students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

SHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,752 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX
$18,482 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 16 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lamar University are $18,482 per year.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best foreign languages and linguistics schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year.

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

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX
$22,559 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 16 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas State undergraduate students pay an average of $22,559 in tuition and fees each year.

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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. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.

Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#6

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $21,891 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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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. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $19,333 per year.

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$20,906 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Texas ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

UNT undergraduate students pay an average of $20,906 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for foreign languages and linguistics students. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

UT Dallas undergraduate students pay an average of $39,776 in tuition and fees each year.

UT Dallas excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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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

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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 16 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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