French Language & Literature at University of California - Berkeley

If you are interested in studying french language & literature, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Berkeley. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327.

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.

UC Berkeley French Language & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in French Language
• Master’s Degree in French Language

UC Berkeley French Language & Literature Rankings

The french language major at UC Berkeley 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in french language, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

French Language Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley French Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of french language bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% 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 UC Berkeley since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its french language 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 french language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC Berkeley French Language & Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of french language master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Romance Languages
• Italian Language & Literature
• General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.