2024 Best Modern Languages Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
163Modern Languages Degrees Awarded
A degree in modern languages is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #234 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Modern Languages Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 163 degrees in modern languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of modern languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for modern languages schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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Best Schools for Modern Languages in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the modern languages degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Modern Languages
It is difficult to beat Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you wish to pursue a degree in modern languages. SIUC is a large public university located in the small city of Carbondale. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 21 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in modern languages. UWM is a very large public university located in the large city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 19th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 10 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year.
Wayne State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in modern languages. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #381 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wayne State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Southern Illinois University Edwardsville if you wish to pursue a degree in modern languages. SIUE is a large public university located in the suburb of Edwardsville. This university ranks 31st out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 12 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at SIUE in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Southern Indiana is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in modern languages. USI is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize suburb of Evansville. This university ranks 19th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 1 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at USI in the most recent data year.
Illinois State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal. A Best Colleges rank of #231 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.
There were about 5 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.
Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Milwaukee. A Best Colleges rank of #130 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year.
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).