Best Value Colleges for Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
10
Schools Ranked
$28,213
Avg. Earnings
3.3 yrs
Best Payback
52
Graduates
How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.
| # | School | Major Earnings | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown University Providence, RI · Private | $47,260 | 3.3 yrs |
| 2 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public | $35,060 | 884.9 yrs |
| 3 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public | $22,824 | N/A |
| 4 | University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO · Public | $21,964 | N/A |
| 5 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public | $30,409 | N/A |
| 6 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA · Public | $29,685 | N/A |
| 7 | University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA · Public | $26,933 | N/A |
| 8 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | $26,353 | N/A |
| 9 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public | $21,508 | N/A |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private | $20,140 | N/A |
Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.