Bilingual & Multilingual Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #490 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bilingual & multilingual education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,318 degrees in bilingual & multilingual education to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Bilingual & Multilingual Education School
The bilingual & multilingual education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Bilingual & Multilingual Education rankings. For our Best Overall Bilingual & Multilingual Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Bilingual & Multilingual Education Rankings by Degree Level
The bilingual & multilingual education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Bilingual & Multilingual Education Schools.
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Best Schools for Bilingual & Multilingual Education in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the bilingual & multilingual education degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat The City College of New York if you want to pursue a degree in bilingual & multilingual education. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #689 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CCNY is a great college overall.
There were approximately 68 bilingual & multilingual education students who graduated with this degree at CCNY in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in bilingual & multilingual education has to take a look at Northern Arizona University. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #221 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NAU is a great university overall.
There were about 44 bilingual & multilingual education students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent year we have data available.
Roosevelt University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in bilingual & multilingual education. Located in the large city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #636 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Roosevelt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 42 bilingual & multilingual education students who graduated with this degree at Roosevelt in the most recent data year.
SUNY Old Westbury is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in bilingual & multilingual education. Located in the suburb of Old Westbury, SUNY Old Westbury is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 116th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 9 bilingual & multilingual education students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Old Westbury in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 71 bilingual & multilingual education students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 10 bilingual & multilingual education students who graduated with this degree at University of Northern Colorado in the most recent data year.
Texas Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth. This university ranks 108th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 12 bilingual & multilingual education students who graduated with this degree at Texas Wesleyan in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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