Bachelor's degree · Languages and linguistics · CIP 16.09
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 713 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, together awarding 8,588 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $40,766 one year after finishing and $60,206 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 103 of 698; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 147 | $39,594 | $65,968 | $16,899 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 122 | $37,415 | $51,053 | $15,535 |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 119 | $41,967 | $90,108 | $13,500 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 115 | $37,274 | $72,928 | $19,017 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville · Public | VA | 91 | $45,439 | $72,877 | $17,000 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 87 | $31,992 | $62,761 | $17,452 |
| Florida International University Miami · Public | FL | 83 | $39,853 | $37,487 | $23,000 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 79 | $33,274 | $55,895 | $9,000 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 78 | $38,981 | $60,000 | $20,166 |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame · Private nonprofit | IN | 75 | $68,020 | $88,678 | $19,500 |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston · Public | RI | 75 | $50,701 | $75,314 | $19,500 |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino · Public | CA | 71 | $25,522 | $61,826 | $10,896 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 70 | $38,187 | $66,064 | $11,113 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · Public | MA | 70 | n/a | $68,629 | $25,248 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 66 | $48,575 | $73,231 | $8,000 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 60 | $26,713 | $53,292 | $10,250 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 60 | $38,411 | $50,810 | $19,591 |
| University of Oregon Eugene · Public | OR | 60 | $39,197 | $60,120 | $14,809 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 58 | $33,205 | $64,326 | $13,250 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque · Public | NM | 57 | $42,971 | $51,683 | n/a |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 56 | $34,041 | $67,198 | $14,500 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 53 | $39,074 | $64,511 | $16,625 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 53 | $50,926 | $73,900 | $25,480 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 52 | $30,400 | $50,677 | $15,000 |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno · Public | NV | 52 | $43,850 | $50,906 | $17,589 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 51 | $41,220 | $60,868 | $23,000 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 49 | $44,305 | $66,621 | $13,000 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 48 | $41,220 | $60,868 | $23,000 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 47 | $37,230 | $63,686 | $12,375 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 46 | $38,796 | $47,696 | $11,000 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 46 | n/a | $65,084 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 46 | $38,047 | $59,512 | $23,697 |
| Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo · Private nonprofit | MI | 43 | $29,268 | n/a | $24,500 |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Iowa Iowa City · Public | IA | 43 | $35,221 | $58,877 | $22,875 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 41 | $43,865 | $68,119 | n/a |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 40 | $49,981 | $69,945 | $27,000 |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas · Private nonprofit | TX | 40 | $59,270 | $85,785 | $20,500 |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse · Public | WI | 38 | $43,346 | $60,065 | $25,719 |
| Wofford College Spartanburg · Private nonprofit | SC | 38 | $35,394 | $68,554 | $26,000 |
| Mount Holyoke College South Hadley · Private nonprofit | MA | 37 | $32,021 | $47,974 | $21,750 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 37 | $40,305 | $60,731 | n/a |
| Western Washington University Bellingham · Public | WA | 37 | $29,055 | $63,420 | $18,500 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 36 | $45,003 | $60,587 | $14,426 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 36 | n/a | $65,444 | $18,062 |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville · Private nonprofit | TN | 36 | $52,522 | n/a | n/a |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 35 | $35,916 | $71,259 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire · Public | WI | 35 | $42,326 | $56,784 | $16,500 |
| Wake Forest University Winston-Salem · Private nonprofit | NC | 35 | n/a | $73,598 | n/a |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 34 | n/a | $53,540 | n/a |
Quick facts: Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics?
- The College Scorecard lists 713 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- How much do Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $40,766 one year after graduation (166 institutions reporting) and $60,206 five years after graduation (227 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Bucknell University ($109,090), Duke University ($100,970), University of Southern California ($94,821), Brigham Young University ($90,108), and University of Notre Dame ($88,678).
- How much student debt do Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics graduates have?
- The median institution's Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans (117 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of Wisconsin-Madison (147), University of Arizona (122), Brigham Young University (119), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (115), and University of Virginia-Main Campus (91).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (CIP code 16.09), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.