Germanic Languages at College of the Holy Cross

If you plan to study Germanic languages, take a look at what College of the Holy Cross has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,970. Of the 877 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of the Holy Cross in 2021, 6 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.

Holy Cross Germanic Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in German

Holy Cross Germanic Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the German progam at Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross 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
Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
	44
	45
Most Popular Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Germanic Languages Schools	61
Best Value Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86

German Student Demographics at Holy Cross

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the German majors at College of the Holy Cross.

Holy Cross Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of German bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical German bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in German at Holy Cross 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 College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in German.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• East Asian Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Classical Languages & 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.