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French Language & Literature at Purdue University - Main Campus

French Language & Literature at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study french language & literature, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in French Language & Literature section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue French Language & Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in French Language

Purdue French Language & Literature Rankings

The french language major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for French Language & Literature. 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.

French Language Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the french language majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue French Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of french language bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical french language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in french language at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in french language.

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

Careers That French Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in french language can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers 19,690 $53,030
Interpreters and Translators 870 $41,700
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 510 $72,500

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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