Portuguese Language and Literature

Liberal Arts • Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the Portuguese language and related dialects. Includes instruction in philology; Metropolitan Portuguese; Luso-Brazilian Portuguese; dialects; and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

Numbers at a glance

788th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
16
Colleges offer it
33
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
20
Women
13
As a Minor

Portuguese Language and Literature is relatively popular as a minor/second major with 26 people graduating with it as a minor in academic year 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
United States Military Academy3
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth3
University of Wisconsin-Madison2
University of Florida2
Utah State University2
University of California-Santa Barbara2
Rhode Island College1
The University of Texas at Austin1
University of New Mexico-Main Campus1
University of Iowa1
Average public university graduating class: 2 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Brigham Young University-Provo10
Brown University1
Smith College1
Georgetown University1
Average private university graduating class: 3 students.

O's Insights on Portuguese Language and Literature

  • Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 61% of graduates come from public universities.

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