Best Value Colleges for Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
3
Schools Ranked
$33,743
Avg. Earnings
12.2 yrs
Best Payback
40
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 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private | $39,153 | 12.2 yrs |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | $32,391 | N/A |
| 3 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA · Public | $29,685 | 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.