2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Modern Languages in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s modern languages degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.
UWM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s modern languages students in 2019-2020.
Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 6 masters’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.
SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.
Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Marquette University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Modern Languages Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 4 masters’s modern languages degrees in 2019-2020.
Marquette also made our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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