Romance Languages at Harvard University

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Harvard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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.

Harvard Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

Harvard Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at Harvard 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 Harvard since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Harvard University with a bachelor's in romance languages.

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

Harvard Romance Languages Master’s Program

100% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

Romance Languages majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Harvard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Romance Languages	25

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

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
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