I think I've got a good perspective on this (and I've included some wisdom from Brandon in here, for those willing to read the whole thing):
First off, Bookstore Guy and Spriggan give some good advice. Even if you're not LDS, BYU is (often WAY) cheaper than most other schools. It also comes highly recommended for a HUGE number of reasons. However, you WILL have to follow the honor code, and this may mean, among other things, no dating men while you attend. Something to think about.
Now, I graduated from BYU, majoring in both English and History, and I took a minor in Linguistics. I have this to say:
BYU's language programs are FANTASTIC. The school offers over 70 languages, and you'll generally see around 30-40 offered any given semester. While I was at BYU, I took courses in French, Japanese, Old English, Swahili, and Welsh. I loved all my language classes (especially Welsh). BYU's linguistics program is pretty darn good, too, though some of the profs are boring (I really recommend the English Language profs, though; they're good). BYU's Linguistics Department has the distinction of having a moderately famous conlanger (Dirk Elzinga) on staff.
BYU's English program is good. I graduated with one of the older majors which gave me a lot of freedom. I really liked this. Their English major now is much more restricted, but designed really well if you're planning on going to grad school. Most of the professors are pretty good and interesting. And I LOVED the fact that the department was refreshingly neutral, politically (most English departments are notoriously liberal—the one I moved to as a grad student was particularly so). And it doesn't hurt that you can take Creative Writing from Brandon there. IF you end up at BYU, take Engl 218 by Neil Newell. It's the only course he teaches (and he only teaches one class a semester), but he's absolutely fantastic (if you're interested in stories).
BYU's History department is fantastic—some of the profs were boring, but many were good, and they teach you how to interpret history and everything really well, and they really encourage critical thinking and personal interpretation (I did not have a single history professor that wanted me to adopt their particular interpretation of events—they always encouraged independent analysis of the sources, and, at least in my case, they taught it very well). I started out being very poor at History (and preferring English over it), but when I graduated, I was really good at History, and I ended up appreciating my History degree much more than my English degree (for what I learned from it—the English degree is still better for jobs). BYU also has a FANTASTIC library for doing research in History. For my senior paper, I was researching a moderately obscure topic, and the library had almost all of the books I could have wanted on the shelf—several of which had been published within the past 3 years (very new research). I miss that library a lot.
Two important comments
#1: I started out as a Philosophy major, and then changed to English (because it's better for getting jobs, essentially, and I love reading/writing). I actually added the History major because Brandon Sanderson told me this (quoting as best I can from memory) many, many years ago: "If you want to write Fantasy, don't take an English degree. English will teach you how to analyze literature and edit and all that, but it won't give you anything to write about. If you want to write, taking something that will give you important things to write about, like a History degree. If you want to write Science Fiction, take a degree in the hard sciences, like Physics or Chemistry..." Brandon says: If you want to be a writer, you're better off with a History degree than an English degree (which he discovered only after he got his English degree). Well, I have both, and I'm inclined to agree with him. He told me that he found this out the hard way. (Thanks, Brandon! I owe you one—I'm so glad I majored in History!)
#2: The ironic thing is that I always wonder if I should have been a programmer. I've got a VERY analytical mind. I scored significantly higher on the GRE in the analytical (math) section than I did in the verbal section, and I was applying to a Writing MA, and this despite the fact that I haven't taken any math classes in years. I love number crunching. I actually enjoy debugging. I wish I knew a useful programming language, and I wish I could get a job as a game programmer. I know I'd be good at it (and would probably enjoy it), but I just was tired of math when I went to college, and so I shied away from programming. Oh well. I really did enjoy my education, and I'm so glad I have a history degree.
Anyway, that's a bit to chew on, Miyabi.