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Modern Languages at Christopher Newport University

Modern Languages at Christopher Newport University

If you are interested in studying modern languages, you may want to check out the program at Christopher Newport University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CNU is located in Newport News, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,868.

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

CNU Modern Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages

CNU Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at CNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Modern 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.

Modern Languages Student Demographics at CNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the modern languages majors at Christopher Newport University.

CNU Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical modern languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at CNU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at CNU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Christopher Newport University with a bachelor's in modern languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Modern Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in modern languages can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Christopher Newport University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers 26,830 $68,770
Interpreters and Translators 2,000 $70,770
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 940 $68,850

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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