2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Romance Languages is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 15,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, romance languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,408 and had an average of $21,956 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 653 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,475 and $25,253 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in romance languages. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent romance languages programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the romance languages program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. University of Pennsylvania is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Romance Languages at UPenn

#2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s romance languages degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Romance Languages at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#4 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Romance Languages Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.

Temple also made our “Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Temple University Romance Languages Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro.

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