Romance Languages at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

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.

NIU Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

NIU Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at NIU 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.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in romance languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NIU Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in romance languages each year. NIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 75% more men than average.

In the romance languages master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

If you plan to be a romance languages major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Spanish Language & Literature	26
French Language & Literature	4

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages

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 IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Interpreters and Translators	1,970	$46,320
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	870	$70,480

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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.