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2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$13,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,075 people earned their degree in modern languages, making the major the 219th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 354 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in modern languages. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great modern languages programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the modern languages program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree modern languages students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar University is $12,311 for southwest region bachelor’s degree modern languages students with aid.

Read more about Modern Languages at Lamar University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.

SFASU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Modern Languages students with aid.

Read more about Modern Languages at SFASU

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 19 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Modern Languages students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Modern Languages at Texas A&M College Station

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s modern languages degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Modern Languages students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Houston Modern Languages Report

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 12 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree modern languages students with aid per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Modern Languages Report

#7 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 54 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree modern languages students with aid list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Modern Languages students with aid.

Full NMSU Main Campus Modern Languages Report

#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree modern languages students with aid list, Texas Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Modern Languages students with aid per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Modern Languages at Texas Tech

#8

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 34 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Modern Languages students with aid per year to attend Northern Arizona University.

Read full report on Modern Languages at Northern Arizona University

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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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