2026 Best Value General Romance Languages Schools in the The Plains States Region
[General Romance Languages](/majors/foreign-languages-linguistics/romance-languages/general-romance-languages/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong general romance languages education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools to find the best return on investment for general romance languages students.
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2026 Best Value General Romance Languages Schools in the The Plains States Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in general romance languages, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value General Romance Languages Schools
Iowa State University earned the #1 spot for value among general romance languages schools in the The Plains States Region. Set in the city of Ames, Iowa State University is a very large public institution. Students from in state pay about $10,787 in tuition and fees, compared with $28,881 for out-of-state students. General Romance Languages graduates carry a median of $23,748 in student loans. Soon after graduation, general romance languages degree recipients from Iowa State University generally make around $37,909. That is a strong return on a $23,748 median debt. Iowa State University admits about 89% of applicants.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 4 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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