by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 3,082 people earned their degree in linguistics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 330 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their linguistics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree linguistics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 5 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s linguistics degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of South Florida - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 7 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #8, Florida International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida International University is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 3 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, 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 95%.
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Florida Atlantic University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Florida Atlantic University is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 0 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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