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2023 Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region

29 Colleges
$30,341 Avg Salary
$19,976 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges.

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our analysis found University of Arizona to be the most popular school for foreign languages and linguistics students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 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 large city of Austin.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Texas A&M University - Commerce

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 29 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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#6

St. John's College

Santa Fe, NM

St. John’s College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, St. John's is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular foreign languages and linguistics programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for foreign languages and linguistics students. It came in at #9 on the list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

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The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for foreign languages and linguistics students. It came in at #10 on the list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at The University of Texas at Arlington

Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges by State

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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 26 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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