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Modern Languages at James Madison University

Modern Languages at James Madison University

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

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 21,594.

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

JMU Modern Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages

JMU Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Modern 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.

Modern Languages Student Demographics at JMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the modern languages majors at James Madison University.

JMU Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at JMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 25
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Modern Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in modern 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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers 26,830 $68,770
Interpreters and Translators 2,000 $70,770
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 940 $68,850

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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