2025 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
97Doctor's Degrees
When it comes to popularity, a doctor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics sits in the middle of the road, ranking #18 out of 36 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of foreign languages & linguistics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 97 doctor's degrees in foreign languages & linguistics during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great Foreign Languages & Linguistics School for Your Doctor's Degree
Your choice of foreign languages & linguistics for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to foreign languages & linguistics students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of foreign languages & linguistics students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for foreign languages & linguistics to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized foreign languages & linguistics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for foreign languages & linguistics students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Foreign Languages & Linguistics in the Southwest Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics.
Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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).