2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Modern Languages is the 219th most popular major in the country with 3,075 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 162 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in modern languages. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality modern languages programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the modern languages program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Modern Languages at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Modern Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

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