2026 Best Value Romance Languages Schools in District of Columbia

[Romance Languages](/majors/foreign-languages-linguistics/romance-languages/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong romance languages education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools to find the best return on investment for romance languages students.
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2026 Best Value Romance Languages Schools in District of Columbia
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in romance languages, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Romance Languages Schools
Georgetown University earned the #1 spot for value among romance languages schools in District of Columbia. Georgetown University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington. Students from in state pay about $68,089 in tuition and fees. Romance Languages graduates carry a median of $17,500 in student loans. Early-career romance languages graduates make about $46,190. That is a strong return on a $17,500 median debt. Georgetown University admits about 13% of applicants.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 6 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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