2025 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in Illinois
2Colleges in Illinois
138Master's Degrees
Foreign Languages & Linguisticsmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #27 out of the 37 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for foreign languages & linguistics students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 138 master's degrees in foreign languages & linguistics to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 - How many other foreign languages & linguistics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
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 much debt foreign languages & linguistics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized foreign languages & linguistics related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for foreign languages & linguistics students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools
The foreign languages & linguistics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master's Degree Schools in Illinois.
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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).
