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2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
217 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,129 people earned their degree in linguistics, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 295 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 217 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent linguistics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the linguistics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s linguistics degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Duke is $-7,808 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k. A negative average net price may seem strange, but it generally means that financial aid will more than cover the cost to attend the school.

The low student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Linguistics at Duke University

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $1,994 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Linguistics at University of Florida

#3

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #3 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 32 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $4,026 for southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Linguistics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#4

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Emory is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 21 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k list, Emory has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,468 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Emory University.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Linguistics at Emory

#5

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 22 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Linguistics at University of Georgia

#6

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

University of Kentucky landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.

UK also took the #5 spot in our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Kentucky is $11,848 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Linguistics at University of Kentucky

#8 in overall quality

University of Central Arkansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also made our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $13,549 for southeast region bachelor’s degree linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCA.

Full UCA Linguistics Report

#8

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

Georgia State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgia State is $11,991 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Linguistics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Georgia State University Linguistics Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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