2024 Best Modern Languages Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Modern Languages is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #277 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of modern languages. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7 doctor's degrees in modern languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to modern languages students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other modern languages students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized modern languages related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for modern languages students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The modern languages 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 Modern Languages Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Modern Languages in the Plains States Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for modern languages students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Modern Languages

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in modern languages needs to check out University of Missouri - Columbia. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in modern languages from University of Missouri - Columbia

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in modern languages needs to look into University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in modern languages from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Best Modern Languages Colleges by State

Explore the best modern languages schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	175	5
Nebraska	99	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Modern Languages

One of 5 majors within the Linguistics & Comparative Literature area of study, Modern Languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Modern Languages

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Comparative Literature	7
Linguistics	6
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	2

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty. More about our data sources and methodologies.