Modern Languages at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study modern languages, take a look at what University of Maryland - Baltimore County has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 13,497 students attend the school each year.

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.

UMBC Modern Languages Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Modern Languages (Less Than 1 Year)
Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages

UMBC Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at UMBC 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 UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the modern languages majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

52% Women

34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 UMBC since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at UMBC 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 University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in modern languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Interpreters and Translators	1,120	$70,530
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	250	$78,960

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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