2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Foreign Languages & Linguistics is the 24th most popular major in the country with 34,268 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, foreign languages and linguistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,403 and had an average of $21,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 772 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in foreign languages and linguistics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality foreign languages and linguistics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the foreign languages and linguistics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s foreign languages and linguistics students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Foreign Languages & Linguistics at UW Seattle

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wazzu is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 2 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also took the #0 spot in our “Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Washington State University Foreign Languages & Linguistics Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics (Income $0-$30k)

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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