Best Value Colleges for Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
8
Schools Ranked
$34,305
Avg. Earnings
4.2 yrs
Best Payback
148
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 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI · Public | $52,107 | 4.2 yrs |
| 2 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public | $38,337 | 15.9 yrs |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | $30,228 | N/A |
| 4 | Western Washington University Bellingham, WA · Public | $34,704 | N/A |
| 5 | College of Charleston Charleston, SC · Public | $33,459 | N/A |
| 6 | University of Georgia Athens, GA · Public | $32,569 | N/A |
| 7 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN · Public | $29,685 | N/A |
| 8 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public | $23,351 | 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.