2022 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Virginia, there were 824 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 foreign languages and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in foreign languages and linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great foreign languages and linguistics 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 foreign languages and linguistics 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 Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s foreign languages and linguistics students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also made our “Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 2 masters’s foreign languages and linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

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#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. George Mason University is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics (Income $30-$48k)

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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