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Romance Languages at University of California - Berkeley

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Romance Languages at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year. Of the 10,523 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Berkeley in 2021, 69 of them were romance languages majors.

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.

UC Berkeley Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Romance Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the romance languages progam at UC Berkeley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The romance languages major at UC Berkeley 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.

Ranking Type Rank
3
Best Value Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools 17
Best Romance Languages Schools 20

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in romance languages from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #30 most popular school for romance languages master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Romance Languages Graduates from UC Berkeley Make?

The median salary of romance languages students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley is $39,997. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 28% higher than the national average of $31,343 for all romance languages bachelor's degree recipients.

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Romance Languages Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 69 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Romance Languages from UC Berkeley in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in romance languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 28
White 25
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UC Berkeley Romance Languages Master’s Program

44% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 9 romance languages students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Berkeley, about 56% were men and 44% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in romance languages each year. UC Berkeley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a romance languages master's degree from UC Berkeley, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in romance languages. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 University of California - Berkeley.

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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