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Romance Languages at Colby College

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Romance Languages at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and has a total student population of 2,155. Of the 711 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colby College in 2021, 22 of them were romance languages majors.

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

Colby Romance Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Romance Languages

Colby Romance Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the romance languages progam at Colby compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The romance languages major at Colby is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Romance 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
Best Romance Languages Schools 6
7
Most Focused Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools 45
Most Focused Romance Languages Schools 48
Best Value Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools 126
Best Value Romance Languages Schools 137
Most Popular Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools 152
Most Popular Romance Languages Schools 196

Earnings of Colby Romance Languages Graduates

The median salary of romance languages students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colby is $44,612. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 42% higher than the national average of $31,343 for all romance languages bachelor's degree recipients.

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Romance Languages Student Demographics at Colby

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the romance languages majors at Colby College.

Colby Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in romance languages from Colby in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical romance languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in romance languages at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in romance languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 16
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Colby also has a doctoral program available in romance languages. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Romance Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in romance 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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers 5,790 $54,240
Interpreters and Translators 140 $63,210
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 130 $70,040

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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