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French Language & Literature at Amherst College

French Language & Literature at Amherst College

If you are interested in studying french language & literature, you may want to check out the program at Amherst College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in French Language & Literature section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst French Language & Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in French Language

Amherst French Language & Literature Rankings

The french language major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for French Language & Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

French Language Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the french language majors at Amherst College.

Amherst French Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of french language bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in french language at Amherst are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in french language.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That French Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in french language can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Interpreters and Translators 2,140 $55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 1,580 $84,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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