Germanic Languages at Carnegie Mellon University

Every Germanic languages school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the German program at Carnegie Mellon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,953 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021, 2 of them were Germanic languages majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Germanic Languages section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Germanic Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in German

Carnegie Mellon Germanic Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the German progam at Carnegie Mellon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The German major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Germanic Languages. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Germanic Languages Schools	155

German Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the German majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Germanic Languages from Carnegie Mellon in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical German bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 57% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its German bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in German.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in German. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• East Asian Languages
• Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)
• Linguistics & Comparative Literature
• Romance Languages

Careers That German Grads May Go Into

A degree in German can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,590	$78,240
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.