Foreign Languages and Literatures, General

Liberal Arts • Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

What is it about?

A general program that focuses on one or more modern foreign languages that is not specific as to the name of the language(s) studied; that is otherwise undifferentiated; or that introduces students to language studies at the basic/elementary level.

Numbers at a glance

159th

Popular nationwide

168

Search Rank on O's List

138

Colleges offer it

1,737

Graduates (2018-19)

Trends

Graduates

Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type

Median Graduating Class by College Type

Number of Colleges by Size

Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	71
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	69
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	65
New Mexico State University-Main Campus	52
Middle Tennessee State University	44
Metropolitan State University of Denver	43
University of Missouri-Columbia	43
University of Memphis	39
Missouri State University-Springfield	38
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	35

Average public university graduating class: 14 students.

Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates

Southern Adventist University	16
Nebraska Wesleyan University	9
New York University	8
Kenyon College	8
Lewis & Clark College	8
Monmouth University	6
Duke University	5
Oklahoma Baptist University	5
Stetson University	4
Grace College and Theological Seminary	3

Average private university graduating class: 4 students.

O's Insights on Foreign Languages and Literatures, General

Major has been stable in popularity over the last 5 years after decreasing prior to that.
95% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major	Graduates	Colleges
Linguistics	2,075	128
Comparative Literature	677	70
Economics and Foreign Language/Literature	0	0