Modern Languages at Rochester Institute of Technology

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158.

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.

RIT Modern Languages Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages

RIT Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at RIT 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 RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the modern languages majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 RIT since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at RIT 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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in modern languages.

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

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 Rochester Institute of Technology.

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
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