Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General

Liberal Arts • Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

What is it about?

A general program that focuses on one or more of the Romance languages of Western, Central, and Southern Europe. Includes instruction in philology; linguistics; dialects and pidgins; literature; and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

Numbers at a glance

588th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
24
Colleges offer it
108
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
27
Women
81
As a Minor

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General is relatively popular as a minor/second major with 93 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
CUNY City College21
Iowa State University17
University of Oregon11
Missouri Southern State University7
University of Georgia6
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor5
Truman State University4
University of Maryland-College Park3
University of Washington-Seattle Campus2
CUNY Hunter College1
Average public university graduating class: 8 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Harvard University9
Emory University4
Wesleyan University4
New York University2
Dartmouth College2
Pomona College2
Vanderbilt University1
Haverford College1
University of Notre Dame1
Bowdoin College1
Average private university graduating class: 2 students.

O's Insights on Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General

  • Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
  • 71% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Spanish Language and Literature 5,785 687
French Language and Literature 1,403 362
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