Romance Languages at Duke University

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 Duke University stacks up to those at other schools.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

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.

Duke Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

Duke Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at Duke 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 Duke since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Duke Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

The following romance languages concentations are available at Duke University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Duke University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Romance Languages	10
Spanish Language & Literature	10
French Language & Literature	8
Italian Language & Literature	6

Related Majors

• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Germanic Languages
• Linguistics & Comparative 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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Interpreters and Translators	1,770	$59,310
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	840	$65,540

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.