Romance Languages at Santa Monica College

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

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 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.

SMC Romance Languages Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Romance Languages

SMC Romance Languages Rankings

Romance Languages Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the romance languages majors at Santa Monica College.

SMC Romance Languages Associate’s Program

67% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of romance languages associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in romance languages only graduates about 25% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in romance languages graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Monica College with a associate's in romance languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

Romance Languages majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Santa Monica College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Spanish Language & Literature	7

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 CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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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