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Germanic Languages at Northwestern University

Germanic Languages at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

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

Northwestern Germanic Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in German

Northwestern Germanic Languages Rankings

The german major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Germanic 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in german, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

German Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the german majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of german bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical german bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 86% more racial-ethnic minorities in its german bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Germanic Languages

The following german concentations are available at Northwestern University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
German Language & Literature 5

Careers That German Grads May Go Into

A degree in german 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 Northwestern 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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