2025 Best Modern Languages Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
234Modern 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for modern languages students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 234 degrees in modern languages annually.
The modern languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Modern Languages rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Modern Languages in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region Schools in Modern Languages
Every student who is interested in modern languages needs to look into University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in modern languages needs to check out Missouri State University - Springfield. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #575 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in modern languages needs to take a look at Kansas State University. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 44 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Wichita State University if you want to pursue a degree in modern languages. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Wichita. This university ranks 15th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 4 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were roughly 27 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA in the most recent data year.
UMKC is a large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 14th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 16 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year.
UMSL is a large public university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. This university ranks 11th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 8 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at UMSL 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).
The modern languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Modern Languages rankings. 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.
