Classical Languages & Literature at Georgetown University

If you plan to study classical languages & literature, take a look at what Georgetown University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year.

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

Georgetown Classical Languages & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Languages

Georgetown Classical Languages & Literature Rankings

The classical languages major at Georgetown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Classical Languages & Literature. 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.

Classical Languages Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of classical languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical classical languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Georgetown since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in classical languages at Georgetown are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its classical languages bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Classical Languages & Literature

Classical Languages & Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgetown University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	14

Related Majors

• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• East Asian Languages
• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Germanic Languages
• Romance Languages

Careers That Classical Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in classical 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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
High School Teachers	3,850	$65,180
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	750	$72,050
Interpreters and Translators	490	$93,730

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.