Romance Languages at Hunter College

What traits are you looking for in a romance languages school? To help you decide if Hunter College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's romance languages program.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 24,052.

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.

Hunter Romance Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Romance Languages
• Master’s Degree in Romance Languages

Hunter Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at Hunter 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.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical romance languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its romance languages bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hunter Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in romance languages each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

In the romance languages master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in romance languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

The following romance languages concentations are available at Hunter College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Hunter College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Spanish Language & Literature	23
French Language & Literature	10
Italian Language & Literature	6

Related Majors

• Linguistics & Comparative Literature
• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Germanic Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature

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 NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.