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2023 Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Foreign Languages & Linguistics is the #26 most popular major in the country with 4,163 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 38 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Foreign Languages & Linguistics program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for foreign languages and linguistics majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the most popular school for foreign languages and linguistics students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 73% of the foreign languages and linguistics majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great place for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

Of the 38 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at IU Bloomington, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at UW - Madison, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great place for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at Ohio State, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

Of the 27 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at Kent State, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Benedictine University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular foreign languages and linguistics schools in the Great Lakes Region . Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

Of the 27 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at Benedictine U, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at U-M, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at OHIO Athens, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #9, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for foreign languages and linguistics students working on their master’s degree. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Of the 18 students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at UChicago, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#9

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

About 67% of the students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 211
Indiana 131
Ohio 145
Wisconsin 74
Michigan 100

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 28 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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