2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages in Illinois

Germanic Languages is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #128 out of the 295 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4 doctor's degrees in Germanic languages during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Germanic Languages School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in German matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages in Illinois ranking.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality Germanic languages program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for Germanic languages.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Germanic Languages in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in Germanic languages.

Most Well Attended Schools for German Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Chicago is a popular decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in Germanic languages in Illinois.

There were about 3 Germanic languages individuals who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from University of Chicago

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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northwestern University is a popular choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in Germanic languages in Illinois.

There were about 1 Germanic languages individuals who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from Northwestern University

3

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a popular decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best Germanic Languages Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Germanic Languages Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	149	2
Ohio	144	1
Indiana	130	4
Wisconsin	104	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to German

One of 17 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Germanic Languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

German Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
German Language & Literature	4

Majors Similar to German

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	26
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	22
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	9
Classical Languages & Literature	9
East Asian Languages	6
South Asian Languages	6
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	3

Notes and References

• 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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