Romance Languages at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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.

UK Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

UK Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at UK 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UK Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in romance languages each year. UK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a romance languages master's degree from UK, 100% 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 Kentucky with a master's in romance languages.

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

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

Romance Languages majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Kentucky. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Spanish Language & Literature	30

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature
• Germanic Languages
• Linguistics & Comparative Literature

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Interpreters and Translators	650	$49,690
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	210	$67,020

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.