General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics at Hope College

If you plan to study general classics & classical languages, literatures, & linguistics, take a look at what Hope College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and approximately 3,061 students attend the school each year.

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

Hope General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Languages

Hope General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Rankings

The classical languages major at Hope is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. 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 Hope

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

Hope General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of classical languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical classical languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Hope since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in classical languages at Hope are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Hope College with a bachelor's in classical languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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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 MI, the home state for Hope College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,450
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	450	$75,020

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 Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.