Modern Languages at New York University

If you are interested in studying modern languages, you may want to check out the program at New York University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year.

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.

NYU Modern Languages Degrees Available

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

NYU Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at NYU 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 NYU

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

NYU Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical modern languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at NYU since its program graduates 38% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at NYU 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 New York University with a bachelor's in modern languages.

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

NYU Modern Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of modern languages master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in modern languages each year. NYU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 46% more men than average.

Of the students who received a modern languages master's degree from NYU, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Related Majors

• Linguistics
• Language Translation
• Comparative Literature

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.