2023 Schools Highly Focused on Second Language Learning Major
3
Ranked Colleges
108
Degrees Awarded
$32,400
Avg Cost*
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 “Schools Highly Focused on Second Language Learning Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 108 people earned their degree in second language learning, making the major the 372nd most popular in the United States.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Second Language Learning Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in second language learning. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their second language learning program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on Second Language Learning Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for second language learning students.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Second Language Learning
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Second Language Learning Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University landed the #1 spot on the list. Xavier University is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s second language learning degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Second Language Learning at Xavier University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Second Language Learning Major that were part of this year’s ranking, LIU Post landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookville, New York, and it awarded 10 ’s second language learning degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full LIU Post Second Language Learning Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Second Language Learning Major that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 3 ’s second language learning degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Second Language Learning at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.