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Romance Languages at Northwestern University

Romance Languages at Northwestern University

What traits are you looking for in a romance languages school? To help you decide if Northwestern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's romance languages program.

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 Romance Languages section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at Northwestern 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #46 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in romance languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Northwestern Romance Languages Master’s Program

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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. Northwestern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 75% more men than average.

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In the romance languages master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 54% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

Romance Languages majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Spanish Language & Literature 5
French Language & Literature 3
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 3

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 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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